1. • Under Spanish
rule from 1861
to 1863
• Eventually
becomes part of
the Dominican
Republic
Deanna Della Torre
Block: 4

2. Santo • Eastern
Domingo
half of
Hispaniol
a

3. • Always in
unrest
• Need help
to be
controlled

4.  “The acquisition of San Domingo is desirable
because of its geographical location...It
possesses the richest soil.”
 -President US Grant“
 Fancy the Senators and Representatives of ten or
twelve millions of tropical people, people of Latin
race mixed with Indian and African blood;…fancy
them sitting in the halls of Congress, throwing the
weight of their intelligence, … fancy this, and then
tell me, does not your imagination recoil from the
picture?”
 -Carl Schurz

5. Charles
Sumner
Carl Fredrick Douglass
Schurz
Buenaventura
Baez