Hawaii Political History

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

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

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

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

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