15. President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because:a. he wanted to protect the interests of Louisiana sugar producers.b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands against Japanese or German threats.c. he believed that the native Hawaiians had been wronged and that a majority opposed annexation to the United States.d. passage of the McKinley Tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable.e. the U.S. would then have to establish military bases in Hawaii.

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