the United States expands in the Pacific

Question

key

United States and its possessions

(

18XX) date of acquisition

China

Philippine Ts. (1898)

2.000 m

0

2,000 km

Miller Cylindrical Projection

North Pacific Ocean

Wakel. (1899)

Guam (1898)

Johnston L (1858)

Howlandı.

Baker I. (1857)

American Samoa (1899)

Canada

United States

Hawaiian Is. (1898)

Mexico

Palmyra Atoll (1898)

N

Jarvis I. (1858)

W

E

S

Australia

Alaska (1867)

Midway Is. (1867)

How did the growth of American-owned sugar plantations impact Hawaiian society? * 1 point

Agricultural leaders vied with the military for control over Hawaii's ports.

Plantation workers joined missionaries to spread Christianity across the islands.

Hawaiians left their farms to work on sugar plantations.

Plantation owners became powerful and eroded the monarchy's authority.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Plantation owners became powerful and eroded the monarchy's authority.