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Alaska was purchased in 1867 and Hawaii was annexed by act of Congress in 1898 without a referendum by the people of Hawaii. Asian residents were not allowed to vote and Native Hawaiians were denied the vote because they did not own property. Only a wealthy and politically connected white, American group of businessmen made the decisions for the Island Nation.

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