Haiti connects to William Taft’s dollar diplomacy because the U

Haiti connects to William Taft’s dollar diplomacy because the U.S Government wanted Haiti. As the United States navy started to rise,Haiti’s strengths was what most of interest to U.S diplomatic and defense officials who feared instability might result in foreign rule of Haiti. The president Andrew Johnson gave a option of taking over islands of Hispaniola, made up of Haiti and Dominican Republic to make sure U.S defensive and economic stake in the West Indies. 1889-1891 secretary of state James Blaine failed to seek a lease of Mole-Saint Nicolas. 1910 President William Taft let Haiti have a big amount of money, he thought that Haiti maybe could pay off its debt. The effort they took showed useless because the crime of the debt was internal instability of the country.