Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Glossary

• chronic recurring often
• detriment damage or harm
• flagrant outrageous or notorious
• impotence in diplomacy, lacking in power or strength
• land hunger desire to expand national territory
• Monroe Doctrine a policy asserted by Monroe in 1823 that the United States would regard an expansion of European influence in the Western Hemisphere as an unfriendly act
• obligations responsibilities
• Platt Amendment an amendment adopted in 1901 that gave the United States a veto over the foreign policy of the Republic of Cuba
• truism obvious statement
• wrongdoing transgression