USA HISTORY

Previous
Next

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe delivered his annual message to Congress in which he claimed as a matter of U.S. interests that the recently independent countries in the Americas could no longer “be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” Monroe described it as “impossible” that any European powers “should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our independence and happiness.” What BEST describes the justification used by President Monroe to explain this doctrine?
A
The U.S. wanted to expand its own territory in the Western Hemisphere.
B
The U.S. economy relied on developing markets throughout Latin America.
C
The U.S. shared political values with other independent American countries.
D
The U.S. had signed treaties to defend other American countries from invasion.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the late 1800s, U.S. economic and military power enabled it to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. The doctrine’s greatest extension came with Theodore Roosevelt’s Corollary, which inverted the original meaning of the doctrine and came to justify unilateral U.S. intervention in Latin America.

Detailed explanation-3: -1) The United States would not get involved in European affairs. 2) The United States would not interfere with existing European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. 3) No other nation could form a new colony in the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Monroe Doctrine, was an attempt by president James Monroe in 1823 to prevent other European powers (outside of those already present) from establishing colonies or any new presence in the Western Hemisphere. It essentially stated that the United States would consider such attempts as an act of aggression.

There is 1 question to complete.
Previous
Next