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check out this excerpt occasion been judged a promise from

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you Colonisation alright james monroe and the question Ah primary

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intention of monroe's policy was tio what And here your

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pencil answers True Ok well does the monroe doctrine ring

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a bell It should it's the policy described in the

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excerpt monroe says that the american continents are not to

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be considered as subjects for future colonization by any european

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powers In other words get out and stay out europe

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let's See which of these answers best aligns with the

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monroe doctrine All right was the primary intention of monroe's

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policy to a encourage the rise of local powers in

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south america Well while the policy did help south american

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countries develop their own independent governments its primary goal was

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entering The united states would have the final say not

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local leader So it's not a did monroe's policy be

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to cry european colonization rhetorically but supported in practice well

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in the united states may not have had the naval

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power to back up their threats of attacking any forms

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of european interference But you khun bet they believed in

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what they were saying So that eliminates b was the

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intention of this new foreign policy to see shift america

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toward isolationism Welton isolationism means that you shy away from

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international conflicts and you know isolate yourself But the united

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states was promising to defend south american countries in the

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event of european invasion which is pretty much the opposite

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which means that the policy was designed to be assured

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the united states supremacy on the continent As many latin

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american countries gained independence from europe the us wanted to

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ensure that it had become the major power in europe's

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place The answer is d and remember fdr is famous

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saying speak softly and carry a big stick for munro

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it was more like yell really loud and carry a 00:02:09.26 --> [endTime] tiny twig Wow

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