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[[File:USS SHAW exploding Pearl Harbor Nara 80-G-16871 2.jpg|thumb|left|alt=The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.|The Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in 1941 was the primary event which caused the United States to enter [[World War II]].]] | [[File:USS SHAW exploding Pearl Harbor Nara 80-G-16871 2.jpg|thumb|left|alt=The USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.|The Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in 1941 was the primary event which caused the United States to enter [[World War II]].]] | ||
[[Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii|Puerto Rican immigration to Hawai{{okina}}i]] began in 1899, when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by [[1899 San Ciriaco hurricane|a hurricane]], causing a worldwide shortage of sugar and a huge demand for sugar from Hawai{{okina}}i. Hawaiian [[sugarcane]] [[Sugar plantations in Hawaii|plantation]] owners began to recruit experienced, unemployed laborers in Puerto Rico. Two waves of [[Korean immigration to Hawaii|Korean immigration to Hawai{{okina}}i]] occurred in the 20th century. The first wave arrived between 1903 and 1924; the second wave began in 1965 after President | [[Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii|Puerto Rican immigration to Hawai{{okina}}i]] began in 1899, when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by [[1899 San Ciriaco hurricane|a hurricane]], causing a worldwide shortage of sugar and a huge demand for sugar from Hawai{{okina}}i. Hawaiian [[sugarcane]] [[Sugar plantations in Hawaii|plantation]] owners began to recruit experienced, unemployed laborers in Puerto Rico. Two waves of [[Korean immigration to Hawaii|Korean immigration to Hawai{{okina}}i]] occurred in the 20th century. The first wave arrived between 1903 and 1924; the second wave began in 1965 after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], which removed racial and national barriers and resulted in significantly altering the demographic mix in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |title=1965 immigration law changed face of America |author=Jennifer Ludden |newspaper=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5391395 |publisher=NPR |access-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021143552/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5391395 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
O{{okina}}ahu was the target of a surprise [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] by [[Imperial Japan]] on December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor and other military and naval installations, carried out by [[Warplane|aircraft]] and by [[midget submarine]]s, brought the United States into [[World War II]].<!-- The Japanese had justification to attack American held Hawai{{okina}}i since the Japanese Empire and the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i once had a political alliance when the last Crown Princess of Hawai{{okina}}i [[Kaʻiulani]] and Crown [[Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito]] were in love and they were supposed to marry if it wasn't prevented due to weight of their other responsibilities.{{cn}} --> | O{{okina}}ahu was the target of a surprise [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] by [[Imperial Japan]] on December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor and other military and naval installations, carried out by [[Warplane|aircraft]] and by [[midget submarine]]s, brought the United States into [[World War II]].<!-- The Japanese had justification to attack American held Hawai{{okina}}i since the Japanese Empire and the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i once had a political alliance when the last Crown Princess of Hawai{{okina}}i [[Kaʻiulani]] and Crown [[Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito]] were in love and they were supposed to marry if it wasn't prevented due to weight of their other responsibilities.{{cn}} --> | ||