Author Question: President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because a. he thought the ... (Read 51 times)

londonang · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because

a. he thought the annexation of Hawaii would drain the U.S. Treasury because the island was weak economically.
b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands against Japanese or German threats.
c. he believed that the native Hawaiians had been wronged and that a majority of Hawaiians opposed annexation to the United States.
d. passage of the McKinley Tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable.
e. the United States would soon have to establish military bases in Hawaii.

Question 2

The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when

a. Andrew Jackson used the court system to force compliance.
b. the federal army crushed all resistance.
c. Congress used the provisions of the Force Bill.
d. Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.
e. South Carolina took over the collection of tariffs.