USA HISTORY

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy and his Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine were both used to protect United States interest in

(A) Africa

(B) Asia

(C) ** Latin America

(D) the Middle East

Concept note-1: -The corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.

Concept note-2: -While the Monroe Doctrine said European countries should stay out of Latin America, the Roosevelt Corollary took this further to say the United States had the right to exercise military force in Latin American countries to keep European countries out.