USA HISTORY

Chronic wrongdoing, . . . which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing . . . to the exercise of an international police power.-President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to-

(A) the construction of a canal in Panama

(B) ** the threat of European intervention inLatin America

(C) Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba

(D) public outcry regarding war betweenRussia and Japan

Concept note-1: -Roosevelt Corollary, foreign policy declaration by U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904–05 stating that, in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country’s internal affairs.

Concept note-2: -Latin Americans did not look upon the corollary favorably. They resented U.S. involvement as Yankee imperialism, and animosity against their large neighbor to the North grew dramatically.

Concept note-3: -Meanwhile, the president’s supporters believed the policy would ensure prosperous and democratic governments in the western hemisphere. The Roosevelt Corollary was officially abandoned in 1934. President Franklin D.