Question

...the provisional government owes its existence to an armed invasion by the United States. By an act of war ... a substantial wrong has been done."—President Grover Cleveland

To which territorial acquisition does Cleveland refer in this statement?

Hawaii
Alaska
Samoa
Midway Island

Answer 1

The answer to this question would be A. Hawaii.

Answer 2

Hawaii. Grover Cleveland was against the United States being an imperialist power and the annexation of Hawaii was something that concerned him.