WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -President Theodore Roosevelt’s assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean has often been characterized as the “Big Stick, ‘’ and his policy came to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -The Monroe Doctrine had been sought to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but now the Roosevelt Corollary justified American intervention throughout 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.