 In April 1959, Hawaii Delegate John A. Burns prepared to slice the Hawaii Statehood Cake at Capitol Hill with Democrat Congressmen D. S. Saund of California, James Haley of Florida and Al Ullman of Oregon. The Admission Act, formally United States Public Law 86-3 An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union, is the official document passed by the United States Congress and signed by President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower on March 18, 1959 that dissolved the Territory of Hawaii and established the State of Hawaii. Hawaii became the fiftieth state of the Union. Because the document extended all the rights afforded to American citizens to a territory that had a non-white majority, the Admission Act is considered the first civil rights legislation passed by the post-World War II Congress. This work is copyrighted. ...
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On August 12, 1898, the flag of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i over ‘Iolani Palace was lowered to raise the United States flag to signify annexation. ...
State nickname: The Aloha State Official languages Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² 41. ...
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Debate and Controversy
The acceptance of statehood for Hawaii was not without its share of controversy. Various bills of admission were stalled in Congressional hearings since the early 1900s because of the racial prejudices of many members of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. There was a fear of establishing a state that was governed by an ethnic minority, namely the large Asian American population. Lawmakers questioned the American patriotism of Hawaii residents. Upon the election of John A. Burns from the Hawaii Democratic Party as delegate of the Territory of Hawaii to Congress, southern leaders charged that Burns' election was evidence of Hawaii as a haven for Communism. // Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United...
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An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...
John A. Burns is often called the Father of the State of Hawaii having overseen its modern development and setting precedents honored today. ...
Governor John A. Burns is often called the Father of the State of Hawaii, having overseen its modern development and setting precedents still honored today. ...
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Southern Lawmakers Burns was involved in vigorous lobbying of his colleagues persuading them that the race-based objections were unfair and charges that Communist Party sympathizers controlled Hawaii were blatant lies. Burns worked especially hard with the southerners, led by Lyndon Johnson, who blocked the various Hawaii statehood bills. Upon leaving her seat as delegate from Hawaii, Elizabeth P. Farrington said, "Of course, Lyndon Johnson was no friend of statehood." She cited Johnson's fear that Hawaii would send representatives and senators to Congress who would oppose segregation. Farrington added, "There were 22 times when he voted against us. He did everything he could, because he was representing the Southern racial opposition." Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...
Elizabeth P. Farrington was publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and territorial delegate to Congress. ...
Plantation Owners Statehood was also opposed in Hawaii by members of the Hawaii Republican Party, controlled by powerful sugarcane plantation owners like the Big Five. Other businessmen like construction tycoon Walter F. Dillingham tried to influence Congressmen and visiting Senators that Hawaii didn't need representation in Congress. The fear of the Big Five and people like Dillingham was that the labor unions would be substantially strengthened, diminishing control over what types of benefits they would choose to give or withhold from their employees. In 1998, Linda Lingle was appointed party chairwoman. ...
Territorial Hawai‘i was ruled by a corporate oligarchy of the Big Five sugar corporations. ...
Walter F. Dillingam (1875-1963), also called the Baron of Hawaii Industry, was a leading industrialist and entrepreneur from Honolulu, Hawaii. ...
Voting to Become a State Native Hawaiians had very little power in the vote to become a state. Over 90% of the people in Hawaii at the time were U.S. citizens, most of which who were military servicemen born in the continental states, were allowed to participate in the vote. Islands including Ni'ihau and Lanai'i that had none or very few propaganda voted overwhelmingly against statehood,. To this day Native Hawaiians still march against the acts of the claimed unfair voting process that made Hawaii a state.
See also - Wikisource:Admission Act for Hawaii
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