Roosevelt Corollary Essay

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Roosevelt Corollary rescues Nicaragua and The entire Latin America!! The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States would pay off the debts of Latin American countries in order to keep Europe out. --Elena Cerda The Roosevelt Corollary was a document added to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 and stated that European powers could not interfere with Americas problems and they couldn’t try to colonize, while the United States could not interfere with any European colonies and problems with in European countries. The Roosevelt Corollary was passed to allow US intervention, and this helped end European influence in the Americas. Many European countries were pleased by this document because it helped deal with the economic problems in Latin America and Caribbean and stopped the need for European help. Once the US paid of the debts of the countries, it created stability. In 1907 the U.S intervened with Nicaragua by using dollar diplomacy when a revolt broke out in Nicaragua in 1912, so the Taft administration quickly sent U.S. troops into the country to seize the customs houses! The Castill-Knox Treaty of 1914 was as well between Nicaragua and the U.S. and stated that the US would be allowed to create a canal across Nicaragua. This allowed the US to enter Nicaragua whenever they wanted. When the government was stabilized it solved most of the economic problems too. The Roosevelt Corollary was beneficial in many ways. It created the idea that the US could be a power and influence other countries to accept our ways of government and economy. Also, being able to help a country in need, gave the U.S the idea that we were stable and our ways were working good enough that they could be passed on and used. In the end, passing the Roosevelt Corollary had more benefits than
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