AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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declared the US police power
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was the attack of the Philippines
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was the USS Maine
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helped cuba fight
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this addition, Roosevelt states that the United States would use military force “as an international police power” to correct any “chronic wrongdoing” by any Latin American nation that might threaten stability in the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Theodore Roosevelt’s assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean has often been characterized as the “Big Stick, ” and his policy came to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.