Date of Award
1972
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Curl, Donald W.
Abstract
This is a study of President Grant's adoption of a proposal in early 1869 from the President of the Dominican Republic for the annexation of his country to the United States with a view to eventual statehood. It examines Grant's motivations for support of the proposal and his efforts to obtain annexation treaty ratification from an unconvinced Senate. It concludes that Grant gave a maladroit performance and showed a lack of political acumen; that Santo Domingo annexation was doomed from the start; and that Grant harmed himself and his party by stubborn fighting of a lost cause.
Extent
80 p.
Recommended Citation
CRUME, JOHN B., "PRESIDENT GRANT AND HIS SANTO DOMINGO ANNEXATION PROJECT - A STUDY OF ILL JUDGMENT" (1972). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 134.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/134
Identifier
FADT13532
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection