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In 1869, President Baez of the Dominican Republic pretty much got dwon on his knees and begged the US to annex his extremely poor nation. It failed in Senate by only one vote, even with the support of Presiident Grant. What if it had succeeded? Would their have been more of an incentive to annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War along with Puerto Rico, and Haiti instead of just occupying it. What would the state have been called? Would the US have become more imperialistic?
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