In the 1890s, due to rising exports and increased manufacturing capability, the U.S. needed to expand onto the worldstage to find overseas markets to sell its products because it was producing more than it needed. Senator Albert J. Beveridge proclaimed that there was more capital than investment, therefore the U.S needed to find new markets for its produce, new occupation for its capital, and new work for its labor (Doc B). The U.S acquisition of Hawaii was a display of America’s desire for more money. Treaties had guaranteed commercial trade and U.S. rights to Pearl Harbor, and Hawaiian sugar was very profitable. However, in 1890, President McKinley raised the price of sugar. America felt that the best way to offset this was to annex Hawaii despite its Queen’s opposition. Americans in Hawaii revolted and drove the queen out of power; the island was annexed after Cleveland stepped down from power. Hawaii was annexed mainly for selfish economic reasons (military reasons too in the Spanish-American war); the money that would result from its acquisition was one of the first things on Americans’
In the 1890s, due to rising exports and increased manufacturing capability, the U.S. needed to expand onto the worldstage to find overseas markets to sell its products because it was producing more than it needed. Senator Albert J. Beveridge proclaimed that there was more capital than investment, therefore the U.S needed to find new markets for its produce, new occupation for its capital, and new work for its labor (Doc B). The U.S acquisition of Hawaii was a display of America’s desire for more money. Treaties had guaranteed commercial trade and U.S. rights to Pearl Harbor, and Hawaiian sugar was very profitable. However, in 1890, President McKinley raised the price of sugar. America felt that the best way to offset this was to annex Hawaii despite its Queen’s opposition. Americans in Hawaii revolted and drove the queen out of power; the island was annexed after Cleveland stepped down from power. Hawaii was annexed mainly for selfish economic reasons (military reasons too in the Spanish-American war); the money that would result from its acquisition was one of the first things on Americans’