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HISTORY
Subject
:
History
(For under graduate student.)
Paper No.
:
Paper-VII
History of USA
Unit, Chapter & Title :
Unit- 1
Chapter- c
Evolution of American democracy
Topic No. & Title
Part 5
Evolution of American democracy:
Monroe doctrine
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FAQs
1.
State the background of the Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe Doctrine had its origin in the speeches and
policy statements of the previous Presidents of the United
States amongst whom the names of George Washington,
and Thomas Jefferson are noteworthy. The American
ideologue Tom Paine also contributed by his words and
speeches to the ultimate drafting of the famous Monroe
Doctrine.
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2.
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What circumstances led Monroe to adopt this
policy?
A
sudden
reversal
of
situation
occurred
with
the
interventionist stand adopted by Czarist Russia and the
Quadruple Alliance of Europe in the neighbourhood of
America which led Monroe to adopt this doctrine of noncolonization and non-intervention.
3.
What were the main points of the Monroe doctrine?
The Monroe Doctrine categorically stated that no nonAmerican nation would be allowed to interfere in, or
colonize any part of the New World. It was further added
that
America
would
herself
keep
away
from
non-
American or continental affairs and would restrain itself
from acquiring any colonies in any part of the world.
4.
How
effective
was
the
Monroe
doctrine
in
controlling European interference?
Even though the Monroe doctrine was not
backed by
naval and military power it could still exert enough
influence on the continental powers, who decided to
respect the newly asserted rights of America and respect
their newly created boundary of ‘western hemisphere’.
This brought many accolades for Monroe’s foreign policy.
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5.
Why
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did
James
Polk
re-invoke
the
Monroe
Doctrine?
The doctrine was revived in 1845 in relation to the Texan
affair, to prevent Mexico from seeking any external help
i.e. extra-American assistance. America was afraid that in
case a war broke out Mexico would request assistance,
from its previous colonial master, Spain, and in all
likelihood it would be granted. The adoption of the
Monroe Doctrine could avert this problem faced by
America.
6.
How
did
events
in
Latin
America
influence
American foreign policy?
When succeeding revolts broke out in the Latin American
countries like Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, the
United States became scared that this would provide an
opportunity to the European colonial powers to meddle in
this part of the world and thereby pose a threat to it.
7.
What was happening in Mexico at the time?
In 1863 the French forces under Napoleon III had
invaded and conquered Mexico and placed Maxmilian on
the Mexican throne. As the Civil War was going on at the
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time the United States could not do much about it. But as
soon as it ended American troops were brought to Rio
Grande aiming to force France to end its occupation. But
in the meantime the Mexican nationals themselves killed
Maxmilian and reasserted the independence of Mexico.
8.
What internal factors contributed to the transition
of a speech into the Monroe Doctrine ?
America was witnessing a revolution both in agriculture
and industry, that led to an upsurge in the nation’s
wealth and prosperity. A change in the attitude of
Americans was a natural outcome of this situation. They
thus started adopting a more bellicose attitude so far as
foreign policy matters were concerned.
9.
What was the significance of the Paris Peace
Conference (1919), so far as the United States of
America was concerned?
Woodrow
Wilson
represented
the
United
States
of
America, at the conference but it was clear from the
proceedings that Europe was still not in the mood to
consider America as a world power as yet. Apart from
incorporating the ‘fourteen points’ of Wilson in the peace
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declaration, America’s intention of using this forum to
declare itself as a world power remained futile.
10. What caused the Spanish-American War in 1893?
Cuba was a French colony. A series of rebellions staged
by the Cubans had failed to end Spanish rule. Tension
and indignation started rising in the United States against
atrocities being committed by Spain in Cuba, along with
concern for the safety of American nationals living in
Havana. This led to the American Congress passing a
resolution
in
favour
of
Cuban
independence,
and
authorizing American troops to protect Cubans, which led
to
the
war
independence.
and
eventual
declaration
of
Cuban