The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States would consider any European colonization or intervention in the western hemisphere as a threat to its own security and would intervene to prevent it. This doctrine has been used as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs, including in Latin America.

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The Monroe Doctrine

Question 9

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The Monroe Doctrine

A) ensured that neither the Europeans nor the Americans would ever interfere in western hemispheric affairs.
B) opened Japan to U.S. trade.
C) gave the British an inroad into New Zealand.
D) worked as a justification for U.S. intervention in western hemispheric affairs.
E) handed the Philippines over to the United States.

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