HWST 107 FINAL EXAM UH Manoa | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

Why is the U.S. interested in Pacific island possessions during this period of American Empire building in the early 20th century? ○ Think: What role(s) does Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Guam, and Micronesia play in regards to the U.S. military? - strategic military purposes Why do many regard the US treatment of residents within its island territories as unjust and unethical? - - no full rights to native people - social and environmental impacts Identity: Insular Cases - insular: island territories under War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs - US Supreme Court opinions on US territories acquired in the Spanish-American War - way for US to enquire new territories and partially apply constitution Why are the Insular Cases considered outdated and irrelevant today? - - still based on outdated and racist views - pacific islanders are still neglected by US powers - full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to US places and to all US citizens Why does the General Smedley Butler refer to war as a "racket"? According to Butler, how has the country's armed forces been misused during the early 1900s?