Question

In a 1904 address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt stated that the United States would intervene in the finances of countries in the Western Hemisphere who were unable to pay their debts to foreign creditors. Known as the Roosevelt Corollary, this was an addition to which U.S. Foreign policy? A. the Treaty of Paris of 1898 B. the Monroe Doctrine C. the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) the Monroe Doctrine.

Known as the Roosevelt Corollary, this was an addition to which U.S. Foreign policy?

Answer: the Monroe Doctrine.

The purpose of President Theodore Roosevelt's corollary was to discourage European nations from colonizing Latin America.

US President Theodore Roosevelt was delivering his State of the Union Address in 1904 when he referred to an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that was called the Roosevelt Corollary. The document referred to the capacity of the United States to intervene in issues regarding European nations and Latin American countries, instead of European countries doing it directly.