Chapter 9

Question 1

When and why did the Kamehameha dynasty end?

Answer 1

It ended in 1872 when Kamehameha V died without naming a successor to the throne.

Question 2

After Kamehameha V died, how did legislature choose the next king of Hawaiʻi?

Answer 2

They had an election

Question 3

Who where the candidates for the election?

Answer 3

William Lunalilo, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and David Kalākaua

Question 4

Who won the election and when?

Answer 4

William Lunalilo won and became king in 1873

Question 5

Know how William Lunalilo was related to Kamehameha I.

Answer 5

William was Kamehameha I grand nephew

Question 6

What was Lunalilo called by the people?

Answer 6

Aliʻi lokomaika’i or “the good chief”

Question 7

Where did William Lunalilo go to school?

Answer 7

Like other royal children, he was educated at the Chief’s Children School.

Question 8

How long was Lunalilo’s reign?

Answer 8

One year

Question 9

What did Lunalilo do during his reign?

Answer 9

He appointed new cabinet members and tried to make amendments to the Constitution of 1864. He believed in the power of democracy and wished to the power returned to the people.

Question 10

When/how did William Lunalilo die?

Answer 10

He died in 1874 of tuberculosis.

Question 11

Who did William Lunalilo leave his estate to?

Answer 11

Poor, aged, physically or mentally unwell Native Hawaiians. Today this institution is called the Lunalilo Home for the Aged.

Question 12

Who was the next King after William Lunalilo?

Answer 12

David Kalākaua beat Queen Emma for the throne

Question 13

Where did David Kalākaua attend school and what did he do do later on?

Answer 13

He went to the Chief’s Children’s School till about 15. At 19 he was appointed to the Privy Council by his classmate Alexander Liholiho. Later he served at the Noble house for 13 years and also practiced law.

Question 14

What was Kalākaua’s interest when he became King?

Answer 14

Preserving the Hawaiian past. He wrote a book entitled “the Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi, the Fables and Folklore of a Strange people.”

Question 15

What was David Kalākaua known as?

Answer 15

“The Merrie Monarch” because of his love for Hawaiian song, music, and hula. Today the actuall Merrie Monarch Hula Festival is held in honor of him.

Question 16

What was the Hoʻoulu Lāhui Society?

Answer 16

“Hoʻoulu Lāhui” means ‘propagate and preserve the race’. One of their goals was to provide medical care to Hawaiian mothers and their infants. They established the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children named for Kalākaua’s wife, Kapiʻolani

Question 17

What park did David Kalākaua establish?

Answer 17

Kapiʻolani park

Question 18

What was the Reciprocity Treaty?

Answer 18

A treaty signed by Kalākaua in 1875 which made it possible for sugar grown in Hawaiʻi to enter the U.S tax free.

Question 19

What was the Bayonet Constituion?

Answer 19

It was a Constitution that made the king no longer have absolute power, his decisions could be overrun by two thirds vote of legislature. Kalākaua was forced to sign the constituion under threat of death or violence to the kingdom.

Question 20

How did the Bayonet Constituion hurt the Native Hawaiians?

Answer 20

It gave power to foreign men and reduced the power of Hawaiians in the political arena.

Question 21

Who became the next ruler after Kalākaua’s death?

Answer 21

His sister, Lydia Kamekaʻeha Liliʻuokalani.

Question 22

What were some factors leading to the overthrow of Hawaiʻi?

Answer 22

A large number of foreigners held high political positions in the government, the growing business of sugar production on the Islands, the forced signing of the Bayonet Constitution, and the Renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1887.

Question 23

What was the added deal the the renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1887?

Answer 23

The United States could use Pearl Harbor as a Naval base.

Question 24

True or False: Many of the same people were involved in each of these developments of sugar plantations and treaties

Answer 24

True. American businessmen were part of the group that forced the King to sign the Bayonet Constitution and were part of a group that conspired to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy.

Question 25

What and when was the McKinely Tariff Act?

Answer 25

It was in 1890. It removed tariff from raw sugar entering the United States from any foreign country.

Question 26

Why was the McKinely Tariff Act bad for Hawaiians?

Answer 26

The Hawaiʻi sugar industry was in competition with sugar from all over the world.

Question 27

Know what Queen Liliʻuokalani did in 1993

Answer 27

She attempted to give her people a new constitution (to replace the Bayonet Constitution)

Question 28

What did the Committee of Safety establish on January 17, 1893?

Answer 28

a Provisional government. This means that the American minister no longer recognizes the queen as a ruler and the Hawaiian government has no legal authority in the eyes of the United States.

Question 29

True or False: Queen Liliʻuokalani was happy with the establishment of the provisional government.

Answer 29

False. Queen Liliʻuokalani sent a letter of protest.

Question 30

Did President Cleveland get Hawai’i’s power back to them?

Answer 30

No. President Cleveland sent a letter to Dole asking him to return power to Hawai’i, but Dole refused to do what he asked and President Cleveland did not do anything else

Question 31

What happened in response to the protest on January 6, 1895?

Answer 31

Government officials arrested rebels and accused the Queen of planning the rebellion. They put her on trial where she was sentenced to five years in prison. She spent eight months under house arrest in the palace.

Question 32

When was the Kūʻē Petition?

Answer 32

1897

Question 33

What was the Kūʻē petition?

Answer 33

Groups supporting the restoration of the monarchy asked Hawaiians to sign this petition. They got over 38,000 signatures and although it did not stop the annexation, it showed later generations of Hawaiians that they stood steadfast and united for their homeland.

Question 34

When did Hawaiʻi officially become a state of the United States?

Answer 34

1898