Why did the Republic of Hawaii embarrass President Cleveland?
A) It showed the world that Cleveland was an imperialistic president who orchestrated military coups to gain land.
B) It showed the world that Cleveland and the United States had an imperialist foreign policy that contradicted their independence-minded domestic policy.
C) The Republic was his idea, and it failed when it was only a week old.
D) It showed that the American rebels in Hawaii did not respect President Cleveland's authority.
E) It showed that the small country of Hawaii was able to defeat the United States, an embarrassment to America, which prided itself on its new world power status.
Answer: D
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