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Why did the United States become involved in the affairs of Santo Domingo and Haiti?
Haiti had threatened war with Snato Domingo and America wanted to stop the conflict to keep the Caribbean safe.
They were threatened with invasion from European nations they had received loans from and could not pay back.
They were in the middle of independence movements and the United Stated sent its military to help the revolutionaries.
Mexican revolutionaries that had attacked Americans fled to these islands to seek shelter, so US forces were sent in to arrest the revolutionaries.
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The correct answer is the second one: they were threatened with invasion from European nations they had received loans from and could not pay back.
Brief explanation: Under the Monroe Doctrine and especially the Roosevelt Corollary, the United States acted as the hemisphere’s “policeman” to prevent European powers from using force to collect debts or intervene in Caribbean countries. That rationale — plus protecting American lives, property, trade routes, and investments — led to U.S. military interventions and occupations in Haiti (1915–1934) and the Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo (1916–1924).
Brief explanation: Under the Monroe Doctrine and especially the Roosevelt Corollary, the United States acted as the hemisphere’s “policeman” to prevent European powers from using force to collect debts or intervene in Caribbean countries. That rationale — plus protecting American lives, property, trade routes, and investments — led to U.S. military interventions and occupations in Haiti (1915–1934) and the Dominican Republic/Santo Domingo (1916–1924).
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