President Grover Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii to the United States because
a. incorporation of the islands would threaten the American sugar industry.
b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands.
c. the coup against the queen had been carried out against the will of a majority of native Hawaiians.
d. he did not want to incorporate non-white peoples into the United States.
e. the United States would then have to establish military bases in Hawaii.
c
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