THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE PROGRESSIVES
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The United States would police wrongdoings by other nations in the Western Hemisphere
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The United States would provide financial aide to protect business in the Western Hemisphere
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The United States would promote & protect democracy in the Western Hemisphere
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The United States would remain neutral and focus on domestic issues in events occurring throughout the Western Hemisphere
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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: -Roosevelt believed that the United States had a duty to uphold a balance of power in international relations and seek to reduce tensions among the great powers. He was also adamant in upholding the Monroe Doctrine, the American policy of opposing European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Theodore Roosevelt promptly proclaimed the right of the United States to exercise an “international police power” to curb such “chronic wrongdoing, ” in his so-called Roosevelt Corollary (or extension) to the Monroe Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Santo Domingo crisis, Roosevelt formulated what became known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine, issued in 1823, stated that the United States would not accept European intervention in the Americas.