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The United States counteracted the German threat to invade Haiti and Santo Domingo by:

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Depending on the options provided, the correct answer is:

- Taking them over and running their financial affairs to pay their foreign debts.

- Not invading Germany.

In 1915, Haitian President Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam was murdered. US President, Wilson, feared a possible German invasion, so he sent the U.S. Marines to Haiti in order to prevent anarchy and protect American assets in the country. The Haitian-American Treaty of 1915 founded the Haitian Gendarmerie controlled by the U.S. Marines, and the United States obtained total control over Haitian finances.


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