THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
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Question
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What was the name of the policy that warned other countries to stay away from the Western Hemisphere?
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Defender of Freedom
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Action Policy
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Monroe Doctrine
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Jefferson Policy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -President James Monroe first articulated the doctrine on December 2, 1823, during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress (though it would not be named after him until 1850).
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the first applications of the Monroe Doctrine was President John Tyler’s use of the doctrine in to justify seizing Texas in 1842. In the 1890s, the United States, applied the doctrine in a dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain over the boundaries of British Guiana.
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