Trujillo Dictatorship Writing Assignment
Using the assigned documents please answer the following questions in a cohesive, well- reasoned essay:
• How did Rafael Trujillo govern the Dominican Republic?
• What was Trujillo’s influence on the economy of the Dominican Republic?
• What were Trujillo’s policies towards Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic?
• What were the main characteristics of Trujillo’s personality?
The essay must be 5-6 pages in length, doubled spaced and footnoted. The essay must be written in Microsoft Word.
Trujillo Paper
Footnote Format
1)
Footnote
for the “1937 Massacre” document.[1]
2)
Footnote
for “The Trujillo Era” document.[2]
3)
Footnote
for “Trujillo’s Fortune” document.[3]
4)
Footnote
for “Trujillo’s Megalomania” document.[4]
5)
Footnote
for “Diplomat’s Diagnosis of the Dictator” document.[5]
[1]
Lt. Col. Howard Eager, “The
1937 Massacre” in The Dominican People: A
Documentary Reader, Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa, eds. (Princeton: Markus
Weiner Publishers, 2003), 157-161.
[2] Jesús de Galíndez, “The Era of
Trujillo” in The Dominican People: A
Documentary Reader, Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa, eds. (Princeton: Markus
Weiner Publishers, 2003), 186-191.
[3] Juan Bosch, “Trujillo’s Fortune”
in The Dominican People: A Documentary
Reader, Ernesto Sagas and Orlando Inoa, eds. (Princeton: Markus Weiner
Publishers, 2003), 172-180.
[4] “Trujillo’s Megalomania” in The Dominican People: A Documentary Reader, Ernesto
Sagas and Orlando Inoa, eds. (Princeton: Markus Weiner Publishers, 2003),
154-157.
[5]
Richard A. Johnson, “A
Diplomat’s Diagnosis of the Dictator” in The Dominican Republic Reader:
History, Culture, Politics, Eric
Paul Roorda, et al, eds., (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014), 307-312.
