Culture
How/Why
Perspectives
America's Control
Effects
100
The primary language of the Dominican Republic
What is Spanish
100
The reason the United States occupied the Dominican Republic.
What is political and economical unstability.
100
How the Dominican Republic revolted towards the U.S and didn't cooperate well.
What is small ambushes on soldiers and occasional small battles.
100
The tactics the US used to maintain control.
What is air power, firepower, and other war methods.
100
A positive outcome from the occupation.
What is stabilization for 8 years and paying off their debt to the United States.
200
Does the Dominican Republic celebrate its independence from Haiti or Spain?
What is Haiti
200
The time it took the United States to take full control
What is 2 months.
200
The U.S's opinion on the occupation
What is waste of time and money for the U.S
200
A largely important economical and strategical system the United States wanted more control of
What is the Panama Canal.
200
2 improvements from Imperialism the Dominican Republic is now known for that was formerly agriculture.
What is improved transportation and infrastructure.
300
The name of the indigenous Indians of the Dominican Republic
What is the Taino Indians
300
The president elected by the Republic that could not handle responsibilities and stepped down.
What is Ramon Bael Machado.
300
What did the people of the Dominican Republic sense about the US troops?
What is showing little care or concern for the well-being of the Dominican Republic.
300
What Trujillo brought to the country as a dictator more than anyone else.
What is stability and prosperity.
300
The amount of years the United States occupied the Dominican Republic
What is 8 years.
400
The name of the God the Taino's worshipped.
What is Zami or Cemi
400
The way the Dominican Republic reacted to the U.S troops.
What is rebellion.
400
The way in which language separated the Americans and the Dominicans
What is the Americans spoke English and very little Spanish, and the Dominicans spoke Spanish.
400
The form of control the United States used. (Direct/Indirect)
What is direct control.
400
The dictator responsible for the bloodiest era in the Americas. (Over 50,000 people's death)
What is Rafael Trujillo.
500
Who does the Dominican Republic look to as their mother country?
What is look to Spain as their mother country.
500
This Union was used to collect support and help from other countries around the Dominican Republic, also to have the other countries encourage the US to stop occupation of the Dominican Republic.
What is the Dominican National Union.
500
A type of movement lead by Ramon Natera against the US that ultimately failed because of the United State's superiror military tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare.
500
The name of the dictator the United States imposed upon the Dominican Republic because of his extensive training, reigned for 30 years, and was overcome with too much power.
What is Rafael Trujillo.
500
The political system the United States made the Dominican Republic use. (Positive long term effect)
What is a Democracy