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The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. [1] The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century. [2]
In essence, Roosevelt's Monroe Doctrine would be the basis for a use of economic and military hegemony to make the U.S. the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere. The new doctrine was a frank statement that the U.S. was willing to seek leverage over Latin American governments by acting as an international police power in the region. [7]
March 4, 1821 – President Monroe and Vice President Tompkins begin their second terms; 1821 – Missouri becomes a state; 1821 – Florida becomes a U.S. territory; the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty goes into effect; 1823 – Monroe Doctrine proclaimed; 1824 – Gibbons v. Ogden (22 US 1 1824) affirms federal over state authority in interstate ...
As the Monroe Doctrine turns 200, its continued success depends on Latin America’s choices, rather than its obedience. If Latin America stands in solidarity with the U.S. against the new ...
Blue & Gray Diplomacy: A History of Union and Confederate Foreign Relations (2010) Jones, Howard. Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union and Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil War. (U of Nebraska Press, 1999). May, Robert E. "The Irony of Confederate Diplomacy: Visions of Empire, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Quest for Nationhood."
In response to the new independence of Spanish colonies in Latin America in 1821, the United States, in implicit cooperation with Great Britain, established the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. [16] This policy declared opposition to European interference in the Americas and left a lasting imprint on the psyche of later American leaders. The failure of ...
In his 1823 State of the Union message, United States President James Monroe addressed several important domestic and foreign policy matters, but the most notable aspect of this address was the articulation of what became known as the Monroe Doctrine. In this doctrine, Monroe warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas ...
The Monroe Doctrine was well received in the United States and Britain, while Russia, French, and Austrian leaders privately denounced it. [137] The European powers knew that the U.S. had little ability to back up the Monroe Doctrine with force, but the United States was able to "free ride" on the strength of the British Royal Navy. [90]