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The Hawaiian Islands ✔✔A chain of 8 large and about 100 smaller islands located about 2,000

miles West of California.




Ruled by a Monarchy in the late 1800s




Pearl Harbor was located there.




What does annexation mean? ✔✔to take over without permission and make it a part of

something bigger.




Why was the US interested in Hawaii? ✔✔• white man's burden--to spread christianity




• to keep European powers out of Hawaii




• the SUGAR TRADE- lots of sugar cane plantations and sugar growers

, • The US made profits of the sugar cane




What was the US relationship with Hawaii? ✔✔Hawaii became a territory of the United States

because

the United States wanted to build military bases on the islands including Pearl Harbor.




Eventually it became a US. state.




What is a nationalist? ✔✔a person who has extreme pride in their country. They think their

country is superior to other countries.




What was the major imported good from Hawaii? ✔✔Sugar




Pearl Harbor ✔✔It was a large harbor in Hawaii.




The US built a a navy base there.




It provided protection and gave the United States a strategic advantage with Sea travel and war.