WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States’ sphere of interest. 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: -During the Cold War, the Monroe Doctrine was applied to Latin America by the framers of U.S. foreign policy.

Detailed explanation-3: -European countries, in general, largely ignored the Monroe Doctrine since the United States at the time lacked the military power or prowess to enforce its foreign policy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Monroe Doctrine is certainly a military threat, and the psychology of a threat is always to create enemies instead of friends, suspicion instead of trust. Curiously, the threat of the Doctrine was aimed at European nations and was pronounced in the interest and protection of Latin-American colonies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The U.S. wouldn’t interfere with existing European colonies or territories in the Western Hemisphere. European powers wouldn’t attempt any further colonization in the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. would view any European attempts to colonize or control nations in the Western Hemisphere as hostile acts.

Detailed explanation-6: -Though John Quincy Adams wrote the Monroe Doctrine with powerful language, European nations generally disregarded the message. The United States was too weak and lacked sufficient naval and military power to enforce the lofty declaration.