COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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the corollary completely destroyed the Monroe Doctrine
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The corollary had no effect on the Monroe Doctrine
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The corollary strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by allowing the U.S. to act as an international police force
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -The Monroe Doctrine shielded Latin America from European political interference, although it sometimes replaced European interference with American interference. The Roosevelt Corollary distorted this by claiming the right to interfere with Latin American governments that engaged in wrongdoing.