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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]
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]
The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.
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 ...
1927 – Clark Memorandum repudiates Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. 1928 – Kellogg–Briand Pact , multilateral treaty outlawing war by moral force of 60 signatory nations. 1929 – Young Plan reduces amount of reparations due from Germany to $8.0 billion over 58 years.
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 ...
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 ...
The time to secure the Western Hemisphere is now, reinforcing it as a bastion of cooperation and shared Western values.