HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Philippines
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Puerto Rico
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Guam
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Dominican Republic
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States established diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic in 1884. Since its 1844 independence from neighboring Haiti, the country has seen a mix of coups, U.S. military interventions and occupations, military government, and democratic government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dominican Republic comprises two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, one of the few islands in the world shared by two independent nation-states.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Lorgia García Peña, the occupation resulted in increased inequality in the Dominican Republic and contributed to the establishment of an economic and political system that benefits rich companies, while subjecting most Dominicans to poverty.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 24 April 1965, young military officers rose in revolt in the Dominican Republic. Four days later US troops invaded the country. It was the first US military intervention in Latin America in more than three decades.