How involved should the U.S. be around the world? Isolationism (Loner) Collective Security (Team Player) Internationalism (World Policeman)

How involved should the U.S. be around the world?

Isolationism (Loner) Collective Security (Team Player) Internationalism (World Policeman) Imperialism (World Bully)

Take out your copy of the Monroe Doctrine:

1. Read through it.2. Determine what the purpose of it is.

2a. Paragraph by paragraph.3. Why did the US enact this?

4. Do you know any long-term impacts of the Doctrine?

Monroe DoctrineMonroe DoctrinePresident James Monroe

Secretary of StateJohn Quincy Adams

Monroe DoctrineMonroe DoctrineIntroduced December 1823 Western Hemisphere was no longer open for

colonization Political system of the Americas was different

from Europe United States would regard any interference in

Western hemispheric affairs as a threat to its security

U.S. would refrain from participation in European wars & would not disturb existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere

CAUSESCAUSES

Spanish American IndependenceSpanish American Independence1809 - Napoleon invades Spain

1810 – Colombia declares independence1811 – Venezuela & Paraguay declare independence1816 – Argentina declares independence1821 – Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic,

Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua & Mexico declare independence

1822 – Brazil declares independence

1822 - The U.S. recognizes the independence of the former Spanish colonies

Ukase of 1821Ukase of 1821

a Russian proclamation of

territorial sovereignty over

present-day Alaska

So What?So What? It became a defining moment in the foreign

policy of the United States One of the US’s longest-standing tenets

Has been invoked by many U.S. presidents Esp. Teddy Roosevelt

& John F. Kennedy

So What?So What? It became a defining moment in the foreign

policy of the United States One of the US’s longest-standing tenets

Has been invoked by many U.S. presidents Esp. Teddy Roosevelt & John F. Kennedy

Has also led to resentment in Latin America “Big Brother”