United States occupation of the Dominican Republic

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The United States occupation of the Dominican Republic was a U.S. military intervention from 1916 to 1924 that installed a military government, controlled the country’s finances, and suppressed local resistance as part of broader American imperial expansion in the Caribbean.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military intervention ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
aimedAt controlling Dominican customs revenues ⓘ
securing U.S. strategic interests in the Caribbean ⓘ
stabilizing Dominican public finances ⓘ
characterizedBy censorship of the press ⓘ
disarmament of the population ⓘ
infrastructure projects under U.S. supervision ⓘ
military censorship ⓘ
conflictType imperialist intervention ⓘ
occupation ⓘ
controlled Dominican customs houses ⓘ
Dominican national finances ⓘ
Dominican public administration ⓘ
countryOccupied Dominican Republic ⓘ
describedAs part of broader American imperial expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ
endTime 1924 ⓘ
followedBy formal withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1924 ⓘ
restoration of nominal Dominican sovereignty ⓘ
governmentFormImposed military government ⓘ
hasCause Monroe Doctrine policy ⓘ
linked to: Monroe Doctrine

Roosevelt Corollary policy ⓘ
concern over foreign (European) influence in the Caribbean ⓘ
political instability in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
protection of U.S. economic interests ⓘ
imposedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
involved Dominican guerrilla fighters ⓘ
Dominican political elites ⓘ
United States Marines ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed treaty and customs receivership agreements ⓘ
location Dominican Republic ⓘ
occupyingPower United States ⓘ
partOf Banana Wars ⓘ
United States expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
precededBy United States occupation of Haiti ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
resultedIn Dominican nationalist opposition ⓘ
armed resistance by Dominican guerrillas ⓘ
creation of a constabulary force ⓘ
long-term U.S. influence on Dominican politics ⓘ
reorganization of Dominican armed forces ⓘ
resentment toward U.S. intervention ⓘ
suppression of local resistance ⓘ
startTime 1916 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banana Wars → hasPart → United States occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
United States interventions in Latin America → includesEvent → U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo → influencedBy → U.S. Marine Corps occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic
U.S. occupation of Haiti → relatedEvent → U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
linked to: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic