The Monroe doctrine refers to
A) the economic recovery package of aid from the United States to western Europe after World War II.
B) the policy that the United States will launch a preemptive attack on any country harboring nonstate actors that threaten its national security.
C) the idea that foreign powers should not meddle in the Western Hemisphere.
D) the theory that the United States needed to have twice as many nuclear weapons as the Soviet Union's in order to remain secure.
E) the treaty signed at the end of the War of 1812.

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The Monroe Doctrine was a policy introduced by President James Monroe in 1823 that stated that the United States would view any attempt by a foreign power to colonize or interfere with any country in the Western Hemisphere as a threat to its own security. This policy helped to establish the United States as the dominant power in the region and has had a lasting impact on US foreign policy.

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