Statehood

 In 1937 statehood was proposed for Hawaii by the governor, but the U.S. Congress refused. They refused because of the territory’s mixed population and distance from the U.S mainland. World War II started and the Japanese wanted the United States to enter the war. On December 7, 1941 at about 7:55 a.m., 183 Japanese warplanes ruined a perfectly fine Sunday morning on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The first attack wave had reached the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Oahu’s Pearl Harbor and killed many. World War II had begun for the United States. Hawaii was finally admitted to statehood on August 21, 1959. 

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