the United States expands in the Pacific
key
United States and its possessions
(
18XX) date of acquisition
China
Philippine Ts. (1898)
2.000 m
0
2,000 km
Miller Cylindrical Projection
North Pacific Ocean
Wakel. (1899)
Guam (1898)
Johnston L (1858)
Howlandı.
Baker I. (1857)
American Samoa (1899)
Canada
United States
Hawaiian Is. (1898)
Mexico
Palmyra Atoll (1898)
N
Jarvis I. (1858)
W
E
S
Australia
Alaska (1867)
Midway Is. (1867)
How did the growth of American-owned sugar plantations impact Hawaiian society? * 1 point
Agricultural leaders vied with the military for control over Hawaii's ports.
Plantation workers joined missionaries to spread Christianity across the islands.
Hawaiians left their farms to work on sugar plantations.
Plantation owners became powerful and eroded the monarchy's authority.