today we started class with a cartoon
the cartoon had to do with the US buying alaska
and we did blog discussions
great britian was concerned with us buying alaska because they were afriad that we might want to buy cananda so that we can connect alaska to the united states
taking hawaii:
wasn't as nice as alaska
many people from china would go to hawaii and get supplies and go back to china
most of hawaii's wealth came from sugar plantations
1875 US started sending goods to hawaii
Mckinley tarrif
hawaii didn't have to pay tarrifs becasue it was considered as a state
1887 hawaii allowed the US to build pearl harbor naval base
only white landowners could vote
we overthrew their government
president cleveland got the power back to queen
queen lily laquani- last queen of hawaii- hawaii for hawaiians
we took power over hawaii
became a state in 1959 as the 50th state
william mckinley was president during this
made it a territory then a state
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