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CLEP US History II

Category - Expansionism

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Which of the following was not yet a state when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
  1. Wyoming
  2. Arizona
  3. Hawaii
  4. New Mexico
  5. Oklahoma
Explanation
Answer: C - Though a critical naval base was located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the territory didn’t become a state until 1959. In 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown, and it was annexed as a U.S. territory in 1898. The base at Pearl Harbor gave the United States a vantage point in the Pacific that it didn’t have from the continent. Hawaii’s 1959 admission completed the United States as it is today.
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