THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
He wanted to go to war with Europe.
|
|
|
After Napoleon’s defeat the US was afraid the Europeans, especially monarchs would try to come to the Americas and try to establish colonies and power.
|
|
|
The President wanted to show our independence to Spain and Portugal.
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The Monroe Doctrine was drafted because the U.S. government was worried that European powers would encroach on the U.S. sphere of influence by carving out colonial territories in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the Monroe Doctrine issued? 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.