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Hawaii Political History

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Which event supports the Hawaiian Kingdom’s historical international recognition?

  • The 1843 Anglo-French declaration
  • The 1959 statehood referendum
  • The 1900 U.S. Organic Act
  • The 1941 Pearl Harbor attack
Correct answer(s):
  • The 1843 Anglo-French declaration

What characterized Hawaii’s 1898 annexation?

  • A U.S. congressional joint resolution amid Native Hawaiian opposition
  • A unanimous 1959 UN vote
  • A 1900 local county ordinance
  • A joint resolution passed by the Hawaiian parliament in 1959
Correct answer(s):
  • A U.S. congressional joint resolution amid Native Hawaiian opposition

What was the purpose of the 1900 Organic Act for Hawaii?

  • To restore the monarchy in 1900
  • To admit Hawaii as the 50th state
  • To establish the Hawaiian Kingdom
  • To organize territorial government under U.S. authority
Correct answer(s):
  • To organize territorial government under U.S. authority

How much time passed between the 1893 overthrow and 1959 statehood?

  • Less than five years
  • Exactly ten years
  • More than two centuries
  • More than six decades
Correct answer(s):
  • More than six decades

How should historians distinguish the Hawaiian Kingdom from modern Hawaii?

  • As a U.S. state throughout the 1800s
  • As a Canadian province before 1959
  • As a territory with no preceding government
  • As an internationally recognized kingdom before later U.S. statehood
Correct answer(s):
  • As an internationally recognized kingdom before later U.S. statehood

Why is a history of Hawaii beginning only in 1959 incomplete?

  • No one lived in Hawaii before 1959
  • It ignores Indigenous civilization and the Hawaiian Kingdom
  • The islands emerged from the ocean in 1959
  • All Hawaiian culture was imported after statehood
Correct answer(s):
  • It ignores Indigenous civilization and the Hawaiian Kingdom

How did the attack on Pearl Harbor affect events beyond Hawaii?

  • It contributed to U.S. entry into World War II
  • It established the Hawaiian Kingdom
  • It created all of Hawaii’s volcanoes
  • It made Hawaii the 50th state immediately
Correct answer(s):
  • It contributed to U.S. entry into World War II

Which sequence correctly summarizes Hawaii’s major political transitions?

  • 1959 overthrow, 1900 annexation, 1898 statehood, 1893 territory
  • 1898 statehood, 1893 annexation, 1959 monarchy, 1900 territory
  • 1900 monarchy, 1959 annexation, 1893 territory, 1898 statehood
  • 1893 overthrow, 1898 annexation, 1900 territorial government, 1959 statehood
Correct answer(s):
  • 1893 overthrow, 1898 annexation, 1900 territorial government, 1959 statehood

What evidence shows the Hawaiian Kingdom’s status before U.S. annexation?

  • International diplomatic recognition
  • A 1959 state governor
  • A 1900 U.S. territorial legislature
  • A postwar U.S. ZIP code
Correct answer(s):
  • International diplomatic recognition

Which chronology is accurate for Hawaii’s late nineteenth century?

  • Annexation occurred before the kingdom existed
  • Statehood happened before the overthrow
  • The Organic Act preceded the annexation
  • The monarchy was overthrown before U.S. annexation
Correct answer(s):
  • The monarchy was overthrown before U.S. annexation

What distinguished U.S. territorial government from full statehood for Hawaii?

  • The territory elected two voting U.S. senators
  • Territorial rule made Hawaii independent again
  • The territory lacked the same political status and representation as a state
  • Territorial status was identical to today’s state status
Correct answer(s):
  • The territory lacked the same political status and representation as a state