Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 - Milestones ...

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904. President Theodore Roosevelt's assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean has often been ... Menu Menu Home HistoricalDocuments ForeignRelationsoftheUnitedStates Aboutthe ForeignRelationsSeries Current StatusoftheForeignRelationsSeries Historyofthe ForeignRelationsSeries EbooksInitiative Quarterly Releases DepartmentHistory Overview Administrative Timeline Biographies oftheSecretariesofState PrincipalOfficersandChiefsofMission Travelsof theSecretaryofState Travelsof thePresident VisitsbyForeignHeads ofState WorldWarIandthe Department Buildingsofthe DepartmentofState U.S. DiplomaticCouriers GuidetoCountries GuidetoCountryRecognitionand Relations WorldWideDiplomaticArchives Index MoreResources BrowseResourcesbySubjectTag Conferences ContactUs DeveloperResources&APIs EducationalResources FrequentlyAskedQuestions KeyMilestones OpenGovernmentInitiative AShortHistory oftheDepartment AboutUs Home Milestones 1899-1913 RooseveltCorollarytotheMonroeDoctrine,1904 Milestones:1899–1913 NOTETOREADERS “MilestonesintheHistoryofU.S.ForeignRelations”hasbeen retiredandisnolongermaintained.Formoreinformation,pleaseseethefullnotice. RooseveltCorollarytotheMonroeDoctrine,1904 PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt’sassertiveapproachtoLatin AmericaandtheCaribbeanhasoftenbeencharacterizedasthe“BigStick,”and hispolicycametobeknownastheRooseveltCorollarytotheMonroeDoctrine. PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt AlthoughtheMonroeDoctrineof1823wasessentiallypassive(itaskedthat EuropeansnotincreasetheirinfluenceorrecolonizeanypartoftheWestern Hemisphere),bythe20thcenturyamoreconfidentUnitedStateswaswillingto takeontheroleofregionalpoliceman.Intheearly1900sRooseveltgrew concernedthatacrisisbetweenVenezuelaanditscreditorscouldsparkan invasionofthatnationbyEuropeanpowers.TheRooseveltCorollaryofDecember 1904statedthattheUnitedStateswouldinterveneasalastresorttoensure thatothernationsintheWesternHemispherefulfilledtheirobligationsto internationalcreditors,anddidnotviolatetherightsoftheUnitedStatesor invite“foreignaggressiontothedetrimentoftheentirebodyofAmerican nations.”Asthecorollaryworkedoutinpractice,theUnitedStates increasinglyusedmilitaryforcetorestoreinternalstabilitytonationsinthe region.RooseveltdeclaredthattheUnitedStatesmight“exerciseinternational policepowerin‘flagrantcasesofsuchwrongdoingorimpotence.’”Overthelong termthecorollaryhadlittletodowithrelationsbetweentheWestern HemisphereandEurope,butitdidserveasjustificationforU.S.intervention inCuba,Nicaragua,Haiti,andtheDominicanRepublic. TableofContents 1899–1913:DefendingU.S.International Interests ThePhilippine-AmericanWar,1899–1902 SecretaryofStateJohnHayandtheOpenDoorin China,1899–1900 Japanese-AmericanRelationsattheTurnoftheCentury,1900–1922 RooseveltCorollarytotheMonroeDoctrine,1904 TheTreatyofPortsmouthandtheRusso-JapaneseWar,1904–1905 DollarDiplomacy,1909–1913 TheChineseRevolutionof1911 BuildingthePanamaCanal,1903–1914