USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In his annual messages to Congress in 1904 and 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Theodore Roosevelt added the “Roosevelt Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, which said the U.S. had the exclusive right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries that were actively involved in deliberate misconduct or that refused to pay their international debts.

Detailed explanation-3: -President James Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress contained the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt prioritized conservation and established national parks, forests, and monuments to preserve the nation’s natural resources. In foreign policy, he focused on Central America, where he began construction of the Panama Canal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kennedy’s invocation of the doctrine, through the quarantine of Cuba, was to establish and maintain peace. Further, once the Soviet Union saw that we would invoke and back up the principles of the doctrine to intervene in Cuba through the quarantine, they sought to cut a deal to end the crisis.