One reason that the white American sugar lords tried to overthrow native Hawaiian rule and annex the islands to the United States was they
a. found the government of Queen Liliuokalani repressive and inefficient.
b. sought to control American foreign policy in the Pacific.
c. wanted to convert the native Hawaiians and East Asian immigrants to Christianity.
d. feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii on behalf of abused Japanese imported laborers.
e. intended to force the growing native Hawaiian population to become indentured plantation laborers.
d
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A. to help fulfill the aims of the Young America movement, of which Douglas was a typical representative. B. to insure that Chicago became the eastern terminus of any transcontinental railroad. C. to accelerate the process of bringing the Plains Indians under federal control. D. to hasten the opening of the West for the sake of economic development.