Of the given choices, sugar cane production reflects the economic and imperialistic interests of the United States in Hawaii.
Which of the following choices reflect those interests?
In the past, the United States made big sugar cane farms in Hawaii in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This happened because people could make a lot of money from growing sugar cane.
The United States controlled Hawaii's economy and resources, like land, workers, and buildings, to make as much sugar as possible and send it to the mainland. The United States controlled Hawaii's sugar industry to benefit its economy.
Fish farming and transporting cotton do not really match with the United States' past interests in Hawaii. Fish farming is not often linked to the way the United States used Hawaii for money in the past, and cotton transportation does not have a big role in Hawaii's economic growth.
The United States used Hawaii for economic and imperialistic interests for many years. Which of the following choices reflect those interests?
sugar cane production
Fish farming
Cotton transportation