B) exerting economic influence rather than military force in Latin American countries
Explanation:
Dollar diplomacy is an offshoot of the President Roosevelt intervention which was initiated by President Taft inorder to exert economic influence in most Latin America as well as stablise the American economy.
To him, it is better in substituting dollars for bullets as seen in the excerpts of his address to the congress on December 3, 1912. <em>The phrase "Dollar deplomacy" was picked up by his critics after the address due to the fact that, he preferred to protect American enterprises abroad rather than engage in war</em>
