Question

How did the U.S. acquire the Hawaiian Islands?

The U.S. sent the USS Nashville to enforce the payment of a tax.
American planters staged a rebellion with support of the U.S. navy.
The U.S. purchased it for $20 million.
The U.S. won it in the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish American War.

Answer 1

Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor.

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