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Unites States Annexes Hawaii
Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. -
Unites States builds naval base at Pearl Harbor
Attack on (1941).The Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy's base at Pearl Harbor and on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday morning, 7 December 1941, destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet and brought the United States into World War II. What President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a “day which will live in infamy” led Congress to declare war on Japan on 8 December.