USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Cold War era, President John F. Kennedy invoked the Monroe Doctrine during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when he ordered a naval and air quarantine of Cuba after the Soviet Union began building missile-launching sites there.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1962, the Monroe Doctrine was invoked symbolically when the Soviet Union began to build missile-launching sites in Cuba. With the support of the Organization of American States, President John F. Kennedy threw a naval and air quarantine around the island.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1842, U.S. President John Tyler applied the Monroe Doctrine to Hawaii and warned Britain not to interfere there.

Detailed explanation-4: -In his December 2, 1823, address to Congress, President James Monroe articulated United States’ policy on the new political order developing in the rest of the Americas and the role of Europe in the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Monroe Doctrine came into play in the struggle for Cuba. This dated back to 1823 when the USA declared that they had a right to defend themselves and their ‘sphere of influence’ if a European power threatened their interests. Khrushchev rejected the claim of The Monroe Doctrine and declared that it was dead.