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| d. The Dominican Republic | |
| 1914, June 26 | |
| Fearing for the safety of U.S.-owned sugar estates, the U.S. government intervened in Dominican struggles to restore order. | 1 |
| 1916, May | |
| Further outbreaks resulted in further intervention. | 2 |
| Nov. 29 | |
| U.S. MARINES INVADED AND OCCUPIED THE COUNTRY. Immediately the American occupying force took over banks and customs houses and broke up small-scale peasant holdings to protect and expand U.S.-owned enterprises. U.S. administrators devastated traditional landholders by imposing modern landownership regulations in the country. This generated opposition in the republic as well as in the U.S., and made the Americans anxious for an early withdrawal of the occupying force. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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