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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Hawaii
Linda Lingle . Elected in 2002, Lingle was only the second Republican governor of Hawaii.
| Since statehood, in how many presidential elections has Hawaii voted for the Republican? | Hawaiian Politics
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2. Hawaii voted for Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984; every other year, its votes went to the Democrat.
| In what year did the United States officially apologize for its role in the overthrow of the Hawiian Kingdom? | Hawaiian Politics
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1993. The apology was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton on the hundreth anniversary of the overthrow.
| Born in Hawaii, who made a brief run for President as an anti-Vietnam war candidate? | Hawaiian Politics
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Patsy Mink. Mink's 1972 Democratic primary candidacy was brief but spirited. Fong ran as a "favorite son" candidate for the Republican nomination in 1964 and 1968. Tom Gill, like Mink an opponent of the Vietnam War, ran an insurgent campaign for Governor in 1970, but was defeated.
| Who was the first Asian American to serve in the United States Senate? | Hawaiian Politics
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Hiram Fong. Fong was elected in 1959. Dalip Singh Saund, who represented California, was the first Asian-American to serve in the U.S. Congress; he was elected to the House three years earlier, in 1956. Inouye became Hawaii's first member of the House of Representatives in 1959 and later, became the first Japanese-American in the U.S. Senate (Fong was Chinese-American). Patsy Mink, elected in 1964, was the first Asian-American woman to serve in Congress.
| Since statehood, how many Republicans have represented Hawaii in Congress (House and Senate)? | Hawaiian Politics
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2. Only Senator Hiram Fong (1959-1977) and Congresswoman Patricia Saiki (1987-91).
1898. Once President Grover Cleveland, an opponent of annexation, was replaced by William McKinley, Hawaii was annexed by the United States.
| What American president called for a restoration of the Hawaiian monarchy? | Hawaiian Politics
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Grover Cleveland. His predecessor, Benjamin Harrison, had supported the 1893 coup which overthrew the Hawiian royal family. Cleveland, who came to office just months after the coup, called it a "substantial wrong" and resisted American annexation of Hawaii through his term.
| Who was the president of the Republic of Hawaii, which succeded the monarchy? | Hawaiian Politics
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Sanford Dole . Dole had been a justice on Hawaii's supreme court and was actually not a supporter of the revolution, though he accepted the presidency. He was Hawaii's only president, serving from 1893 to 1898, when Hawaii was annexed by the United States, after which he served as Governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
Queen Liliuokalani. Liliuokalani reigned from 1891 until she was overthrown in 1893.
She was overthrown by the Committee of Safety. After her accession in 1891, Queen Lili'uokalani attempted to draft a new constitution to restore the powers of the monarchy and reduce the power of the American and Europeans on the island. Those Americans and Europeans had business interests in Hawai'i and after forming the Committee of Safety, they forced the Queen to abdicate in 1893. Hawai'i was subsequently annexed by the United States and was admitted as the 50th state in 1959.
| What was the name of the 1887 Constitution which drastically reduced the Hawaiian monarchy's power and gave greater authority to the wealthy class? | Hawaiian History
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Bayonet Constitution. Most of the proponents of the Constitution were wealthy businessmen who threatened to use force against King David Kalakaua. The King signed the document under duress in 1887 when faced with the threat of the Honolulu Rifles. These businessmen favored eventual annexation of the Hawaiian islands by the United States.
| What was the name of the 1875 treaty between the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the U.S. allowing sugar from the islands to be imported duty free in the mainland? | Hawaiian History
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Reciprocity Treaty. This treaty led to the creation of sugar cane plantations and also gave the U.S. the land on Oahu for Pearl Harbor naval base. The influx of Hawaiian sugar cane to the mainland U.S. would later become a source of opposition to Hawaii's admission to the Union by mainland sugar beet proponents.
A land redistribution act which abolished the old feudal system. Prior to 1848, when the Great Mahele was enacted, lands belonged to chiefs on behalf of the king in a feudal system. There was no private ownership of land. This act was one many of the reforms made by King Kamehameha III and allowed commoners and foreigners to own land.
| What was the ancient Hawaiian system of laws and customs that were strictly enforced for many generations? | Hawaiian History
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Kapu. Kapu was similar to the concept of taboo common to other Polynesian cultures and it governed many facets of everyday life. For example, men and women were forbidden to eat meals together. Breaking a kapu could result in a sentence of death. Around 1819, King Kamehameha II abolished the kapu customs.
| What denomination of Christians were among the first and most prominent in converting the islands to Christianity? | Hawaiian History
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Congregationalists. A group of Congregationalists from New England arrived in the islands in 1820 and soon had converted some of the prominent members of the royal class. Other Christian denominations also made their way to Hawaii and left their mark on the islands. The saga of the early missionaries was popularized by James Michener in his book, "Hawaii".
| Up until what year were the islands considered a British protectorate? | Hawaiian History
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1816. The Union Jack of Great Britain was the flag used by the Hawaiians until 1816. The state flag still has the Union Jack in its upper left corner.
| Which king was the first to unite all of the islands of the Hawaiian chain under one kingdom? | Hawaiian History
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Kamehameha I. Also known as Kamehameha the Great, he was born either in 1737 or 1758 (during the appearance of Halley's Comet) on the island of Hawai'i. A member of the "ali'i" or royal family, he was raised in the royal court of his uncle, Kalaniʻopuʻu. By 1810, Kamehameha had conquered all of the islands in the chain and was king of a unified Hawaiian islands.
| What was James Cook actually searching for when he came upon the Hawaiian Islands? | Hawaiian History
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Northwest Passage. James Cook was a well-traveled explorer who was the first to map Newfoundland, the first to travel south of the Antarctic circle, the first to circumnavigate New Zealand and also the first to make contact with eastern Australia. As was the case with so many explorers of this age, Cook endeavored to discover the fabled Northwest Passage for a faster route between Europe and Asia.
| Even though Polynesians had long been living in Hawaii, Captain James Cook "discovered" the islands on 18 January 1778. What was the name that Cook gave to these islands? | Hawaiian History
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Sandwich Islands. At the time of Cook's landing in Hawaii, the First Lord of the Admiralty in Britain was John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Cook named the islands in his honor. On his return to the islands, Cook was killed by Hawaiian natives on 14 February 1779.
| Who was President of the U.S. when Hawaii became the 50th state? | Hawaii
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Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was president when Hawaii became the 50th state. In 2002 Linda Lingle became the first female governor of Hawaii - and also the the first Republican governor since 1962.
| When did Hawaii join the Union? | Hawaii
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August 21, 1959. Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959. On June 27, 1959, a referendum was held in Hawaii to vote on accepting statehood. Hawaii voted in the ratio of 17 to 1 to accept. The year 1959 also saw Alaska gain statehood.
| What U.S. naval base was attacked on December 7, 1941? | Hawaii
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Pearl Harbor. The answer of course is Pearl Harbor. The Act of 13 May 1908 authorized the expansion and dredging of Pearl Harbor's channel and lochs in order to be able to accommodate the largest ships of the U.S. fleet. The act also authorized building of more shops and supply houses for the Navy Yard and construction of a dry dock.
| What was the name of the Act of Congress allowing the U.S. to annex the Republic of Hawaii and turn it into a U.S. territory? | Hawaii
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Newlands Resolution. The Newlands Resolution was named after U.S. Congressman Francis G. Newlands. The resolution was approved on July 4, 1898 and signed by President William McKinley on July 7, 1898.
| Under which U.S. President did Hawaii officially become a U.S. territory? | Hawaii
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William McKinley. On July 7, 1898, William McKinley signed the resolution making Hawaii a U.S. territory.
| What was the name of the group who seized power after Queen Liliuokalani sought to establish a new constitution in 1893? | Hawaii
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Committee of Safety. Upon the overthrow of the Queen, U.S. President Grover Cleveland commissioned the Blount Report which asserted that the coup was illegal. Cleveland demanded that Queen Liliuokalani be put back on the throne. The provisional government, formed mainly by members of the Committee of Safety, refused. Congress than performed their own investigation into this event and came up with the Morgan Report. The Morgan Report in 1894 found all parties involved in the overthrow "not guilty" except for former Queen Liliuokalani. In 1993, the U.S. government officially apologized for the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
| What was the nickname given to the Kingdom of Hawaii's 1887 Constitution? | Hawaii
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Bayonet Constitution. The 1887 Constitution was also known as the "Bayonet Constitution". King Kalākaua was forced to sign the constitution which effectively stripped him of administrative authority, eliminated voting rights for Asians, and set minimum income and property requirements for American, European and native Hawaiian voters.
| By 1810 all of the populated islands were ruled by one person. What was his or her name? | Hawaii
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Kamehameha I. King Kamehameha I established the House of Kamehameha which ruled over the Kingdom until 1872.
| What name did British explorer, James Cook, give to the islands? | Hawaii
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The Sandwich Islands. James Cook named the islands after one of his sponsors, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
| What group of people are believed to have first settled Hawaii? | Hawaii
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Polynesians. Anthropologists believe that Polynesians first populated the Hawaiian Islands between 300 and 500 A.D. The earliest settlers are believed to have come from the Marquesas.
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