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How Did the Federal Government Respond When American Sugar Interests

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How did the federal government respond when American sugar interests requested that the United States annex Hawai'i in 1893?


A) President Benjamin Harrison opposed the plan because he did not believe the United States could annex geographically distant territory.
B) President Grover Cleveland withdrew the annexation request from Congress when he learned that Hawaiians opposed it.
C) Congress lowered the tariff on sugar in order to avoid the complications associated with annexation.
D) The Senate tabled the request in order to respect the president's wishes.

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