Roosevelt Corollary

(noun)

An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt that states that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.

Related Terms

  • United Fruit Company
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Open Door Policy
  • Big Stick Diplomacy
  • Marines
  • The "Big Brother" Policy
  • Venezuela Crisis of 1895

(noun)

An extension to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt that states that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European nations and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than allowing the Europeans to press their claims directly.

Related Terms

  • United Fruit Company
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Open Door Policy
  • Big Stick Diplomacy
  • Marines
  • The "Big Brother" Policy
  • Venezuela Crisis of 1895

Examples of Roosevelt Corollary in the following topics:

  • The Roosevelt Corollary

    • Under the 1904 Roosevelt Corollary, the U.S. established a policy of intervention in South American countries to prevent European influence.
    • The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary (an addition) to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address in 1904.
    • The Roosevelt Corollary was supposed to be an addition to the Monroe Doctrine; however, it could be seen as a departure.
    • In 1928, under President Calvin Coolidge, the Clark Memorandum reversed the Roosevelt Corollary.
    • The Roosevelt Corollary took the Monroe Doctrine even further, and was exercised frequently during the Wilson administration.
  • The Big Stick

    • The Roosevelt Corollary is an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904.
    • While the Monroe Doctrine had sought to prevent European intervention, the Roosevelt Corollary was used to justify U.S. intervention throughout the hemisphere.
    • The Roosevelt Corollary was supposed to be an addition to the Monroe Doctrine; however, it could be seen as a departure.
    • In other words, while the Monroe Doctrine sought to bar involvement by European empires, the Roosevelt Corollary announced America's intention to take their place.
    • As president from 1914–1921, Woodrow Wilson frequently intervened in Latin America using the justification of the Roosevelt Corollary.
  • The "Good Neighbor" Policy

    • Overall, the Roosevelt administration expected that this new policy would create new economic opportunities in the form of reciprocal trade agreements and reassert the influence of the United States in Latin America.
    • Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
    • This position was affirmed by Cordell Hull, Roosevelt's Secretary of State, at a conference of American states in Montevideo in December 1933.
    • Hull said, "No country has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another. " Roosevelt then confirmed the policy in December of the same year: "The definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention. " In 1936 Roosevelt attended the Buenos Aires Inter-American Conference.
    • Explain why Latin America remained skeptical of Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor" Policy, and why the policy ultimately ended.
  • The Cold War

    • Overall, the Roosevelt administration expected that this new policy would create new economic opportunities in the form of reciprocal trade agreements and reassert the influence of the United States in Latin America.
    • Reuben Clark, rescinded the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
    • On March 3, 1933, Roosevelt stated during his inaugural address that, "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor, the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others, the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors" .
    • This position was affirmed by Cordell Hull, Roosevelt's Secretary of State, at a conference of American states in Montevideo in December 1933.
    • Hull said, "No country has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another. " Roosevelt then confirmed the policy in December of the same year: "The definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention. " In 1936 Roosevelt attended the Buenos Aires Inter-American Conference.
  • The Banana Wars

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    • President Theodore Roosevelt convinced Congress to take on the abandoned works in 1902, while Colombia was in the midst of the Thousand Days' War.
    • The Roosevelt administration proposed to Colombia that the United States should control the canal, but by mid-1903, the Colombian government refused.
    • Theodore Roosevelt declared the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, asserting the right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts.
  • War, Empire, and an Emerging American World Power

    • The Spanish were quickly defeated, and Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders gained fame in Cuba.
    • Roosevelt continued the McKinley policies of removing the Catholic friars (with compensation to the Pope), upgrading the infrastructure, introducing public health programs, and launching a program of economic and social modernization.
    • The enthusiasm shown in 1898-99 for colonies cooled off, and Roosevelt saw the islands as "our heel of Achilles. " He told Taft in 1907, "I should be glad to see the islands made independent, with perhaps some kind of international guarantee for the preservation of order, or with some warning on our part that if they did not keep order we would have to interfere again. " By then the President and his foreign policy advisers turned away from Asian issues to concentrate on Latin America, and Roosevelt redirected Philippine policy to prepare the islands to become the first Western colony in Asia to achieve self-government.
    • Plans for one in Nicaragua fell through, but under Roosevelt's leadership the US completed the Panama Canal in 1914.
    • In 1904, Roosevelt announced his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine.
  • Expanding Federal Power

    • A major part of Roosevelt's legacy is his conception of the executive branch as a source of regulatory powers for the "good" of the nation.
    • Accordingly, Roosevelt believed that he could act in any manner that benefitted the needs of the nation, unless specifically and explicitly prohibited by the Constitution.
    • In his own words, Roosevelt claimed, "I did not usurp power, but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power."
    • Roosevelt, on the other hand, as a Progressive, remained committed to a belief in political efficiency and elimination of unnecessary waste and structures.
    • Describe the means by which Roosevelt broadened the scope of executive power
  • Roosevelt and Conservation

    • Roosevelt was a prominent conservationist, putting the issue at the forefront of the national agenda.
    • Roosevelt was deeply committed to conserving natural resources, and historians largely consider him to be the nation's first conservation president.
    • In 1907, Roosevelt designated 16 million acres of new national forests just minutes before a deadline.
    • Roosevelt delivered the opening address: "Conservation as a National Duty."
    • In 1903, Roosevelt toured the Yosemite Valley with John Muir, and tried to minimize commercial use of water resources and forests.
  • Legislative Leadership

    • During his second term, Theodore Roosevelt embraced legislation aimed at conserving the natural environment.
    • During his second term, President Theodore Roosevelt embraced legislation aimed at conserving the natural environment.
    • Roosevelt was a prominent conservationist.
    • Furthermore, Roosevelt established the U.
    • As depicted in this cartoon, conservation was as an important project throughout Roosevelt's presidency.
  • Wartime Politics and the 1944 Election

    • Roosevelt (FDR) had been in office longer than any other president, but remained popular.
    • Dewey ran an energetic campaign, but as expected, Roosevelt prevailed.
    • Nonetheless, Roosevelt's continuing popularity was the main theme of the campaign.
    • In the election on November 7, 1944, Roosevelt scored a fairly comfortable victory over Dewey.
    • In the popular vote, Roosevelt won 25,612,916 votes to Dewey's 22,017,929.
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