Annotated Bibliography

1. Daleno, Gaynor D. “COVID-Stricken Trump Says No to Guam Statehood.” ​The Guam

Daily Post​, The Guam Daily Post, 3 Oct. 2020,

www.postguam.com/news/local/covid-stricken-trump-says-no-to-guam-statehood/article

_25f9ae4a-0483-11eb-8fd5-437ecf6bee2b.html​.

- We used this source to explain Trump’s opinions on Guam statehood and his

explanation of why he opposes the idea.

2. Bevacqua, Michael Lujan. “Trump's Comments about Statehood for Territories Speak

Loudly.” ​Pacific Daily News​, Pacific Daily News, 7 Oct. 2020,

www.guampdn.com/story/opinion/columnists/2020/10/08/trumps-comments-statehood-te

rritories-speak-loudly/5917913002/​.

- This source gives the view of Michael Lujan Bevacqua about Trump’s recent

comments about Guam statehood.

3. Daily Post Staff. “Foreign Policy Argument: Statehood for Guam a Play against China's

Expansionist Moves.” ​The Guam Daily Post​, 20 Oct. 2020,

www.postguam.com/news/local/foreign-policy-argument-statehood-for-guam-a-play-agai

nst-chinas-expansionist-moves/article_beb5720a-11e3-11eb-89cd-57b5233ce09a.html​.

- This news article provided us with an argument that supports statehood for Guam.

4. Ridgell, Clynt. “What Would Statehood Mean for Guam?” ​PNC News First​, 7 May 2018,

www.pncguam.com/what-would-statehood-mean-for-guam/​.

- This news article about an interview with a former local senator, gave us the

implications of statehood for Guam.

5. “Definitions of Insular Area Political Organizations.” ​U.S. Department of the Interior,​

 U.S. Department of the Interior, 22 Oct. 2019, ​www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes​.

- The US Department of the Interior’s website defined “unincorporated territory”

for our group.

6. “Options for Guam.” ​Guam's Political Status​,

http://guamspoliticalstatus.weebly.com/options-for-guam.html​.

- This website gave us the list of political status options for Guam, and we also

learned more of the ways Guam could benefit from statehood.

7. Viernes, James Perez. “Organic Act of Guam.” ​Guampedia​, Accessed 31 Oct. 2020,

www.guampedia.com/organic-act-of-guam/​.

- This ​Guampedia​ page provided us with information about Guam's Organic Act.

8. “Statehood for Guam -- Perspectives in Focus.” ​statehoodforguam​, Accessed 31 Oct.

2020, ​www.statehoodforguam.com/page/page/170538.htm​.

- This website gave us some of the history about Guam's political status under the

US's administration.

9. Associated Press. “US Supreme Court Declines to Take up Guam Plebiscite Case.” ​U.S.

News & World Report​, U.S. News & World Report, 5 May 2020,

www.usnews.com/news/best-states/hawaii/articles/2020-05-05/us-supreme-court-decline

s-to-take-up-guam-plebiscite-case​.

- This article provided our group with the knowledge of the Supreme Court denying

to hear a Guam case regarding its political status.

10. Limtiaco, Steve. “Guam Weighs Options to Salvage Political Status Plebiscite.” ​Pacific

Daily News,​ Pacific Daily News, 7 June 2020,

www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2020/06/07/guam-weighs-options-salvage-political-
 status-plebiscite/3141176001/​.

- This ​Pacific Daily News​ article provided our group with information about

Guamanians working to fight for an improved political status despite a few set

backs.

11. Barnicle, Simon. “The 53-State Solution.” ​The Atlantic​, Atlantic Media Company, 11

Feb. 2020, ​www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/case-new-states/606148/​.

- This ​The Atlantic​ article gave us an argument defending statehood for US

territories.

12. Pramuk, Jacob. “House Passes Bill to Make Washington DC the 51st State.” ​CNBC​,

CNBC, 26 June 2020,

www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/house-passes-bill-to-make-washington-dc-the-51st-state.html

- This article gave our group information about the House of Representatives

passing a bill for the statehood of Washington, DC.

13. Srinivasan, Prianka. “Guam Residents Can't Vote in the US Election - but They Have

Predicted the Winner Almost Every Time.” ​ABC News​, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2020,

www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-01/us-citizens-in-guam-cant-vote-in-election-trump-biden

/12821762​.

- This article provided us with information about Guam's very accurate presidential

election predictions, despite not being able to participate in it.

14. Punzalan, Bernard. “Guam Congressional Representation Act 1972.” ​Guampedia,​

Accessed 31 Oct. 2020, ​www.guampedia.com/guam-congressional-representation/​.

- This ​Guampedia​ page gave us information about when Guam gained the ability to
 send a delegate to the House of Representatives, and also the powers of the

congress member.

15. Renee, Alexa. “How Do New States Become Part of the U.S.?” ​abc10.Com,​ KXTV, 13

June 2017,

www.abc10.com/article/news/local/how-do-new-states-become-part-of-the-us/103-44815

7125​.

- This article provided our group with the process of how new states are admitted to

the US.

16. Mr. Beat. “How to become the 51st state.” ​Youtube​. 11 Mar. 2018,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwuezod17L8​.

- This Youtube video gave us the steps territories need to take and get through to

achieve statehood.

17. Freymann, Eyck. “Counter China by Making Guam a State.” ​Foreign Policy,​ Foreign

Policy, 14 Oct. 2020,

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/14/counter-china-by-making-guam-a-state/​.

- This article provided us with an argument explaining how the US could benefit by

making Guam a state.

18. Segers, Grace. “Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Make D.C. the 51st State.” ​CBS

News,​ CBS Interactive, 27 Jan. 2021,

www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-51st-state-bill-senate-democrats/.

- This article provided our group with information about Democratic senators

introducing a bill to Congress to hopefully make Washington, DC a state.

19. Richards, Mark David. “10 Myths about the District of Columbia.” ​DCVote​, 4 Mar. 2014,
 www.dcvote.org/10-myths-about-district-columbia.

- This website helped our group understand some of the struggles Washington, DC

faces because it is not a state.

20. Sablan, Jerick. “Hundreds March for CHamoru Self-Determination.” ​Pacific Daily News,​

Pacific Daily News, 2 Sept. 2019,

www.guampdn.com/story/news/2019/09/02/hundreds-march-chamoru-self-determination

/2189704001/​.

- This news article provided our group with information about a rally that the

Chamorro people are holding to advocate decolonization.