Hawaii+After+Annexation

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President McKinley acquired Hawaii in 1989 by the Unites States. When McKinley came into office in 1898 he wanted the Congress to ratify the annexation. The U.S. needed a base for the coming [|World War] that could be forseen by the way conflict was generating in China. From the beginning of 1898, when the conflict with the [|Philippine Islands] was resolved, Hawaii became the next target for imperialism. Americans believed that they needed the Hawaiian islands as a provisioning way station, a middle way between the Philippine Islands and the United States, a military base, and a secured sugar economy. A rushed resolution of annexation was approved by McKinley on July 7, 1898. Hawaiians were given U.S. citizenship and received full territorial status in 1900.