Question

What was the intent of the Roosevelt Corollary? A. To make peace between California's school system and Japan. B. to enforce Cuba's freedom from Spanish domination. C. to negotiate a peace treaty between Japan and Russia. D. to maintain US control over Latin American countries.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. to maintain US control over Latin American countries.

Teddy Roosevelt developed the Roosevelt Corollorary as a precautionary attempt to stop European influence in Latin America. This was essentially an addition to the famous Monroe Doctrine, which essentially split the world into spheres of influence. The Europeans were able to influence countries in the Eastern Hemisphere while the United States would influence countries in the Western Hemisphere.

This attempt to stop European influence was caused by several different events, with one of the main ones being the crisis in Venuezla during the early 1900's.

Answer 2

 D. to maintain US control over Latin American countries.

Convinced that all of Latin America was vulnerable to European attack, President Roosevelt dusted off the Monroe Doctrine and added his own corollary.