USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?

(A) Guide to help people achieve success

(B) ** Statement that European countries could not interfere with Western policies

(C) Statement that European countries could not buy American goods

(D) Guide to help people travel to European countries

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress contained the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. Understandably, the United States has always taken a particular interest in its closest neighbors – the nations of the Western Hemisphere.

Concept note-2: -Which of the following best describes the primary claim of the Monroe Doctrine? It declared that the United States had the States had the right to defend the Western Hemisphere from European interference.

Concept note-3: -The three main concepts of the doctrine-separate spheres of influence for the Americas and Europe, non-colonization, and non-intervention-were designed to signify a clear break between the New World and the autocratic realm of Europe.