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USHC – 2.2: Explain how the Monroe Doctrine and the concept of
Manifest Destiny affected United States’ relationships with foreign
powers, including the role of the Texas Revolution and the
Mexican War.
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PPT/Notes Activity 2
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Standard 2.2
Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny
Monroe
Doctrine
•European monarchies form the Quadruple Alliance to
suppress democratic revolutions
•Newly independent nations of Latin America gain the
sympathy of the American people
•Britain and U.S. are alarmed at Russian expansionist aims
•Britain proposes to issue a joint statement with the U.S. against intervention in Latin
America
•U.S. issues the Monroe Doctrine
•European monarchies defeat Napoleon in 1815
•Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin lead the independence
movement in the Latin American colonies and
overthrow Spain
•Russian tsar announces in 1821 that his empire extends south
into Oregon
•British fear that the Quadruple Alliance may try to suppress Latin American democracies
•Sec. Of State John Q. Adams advises that the U.S. issue an
independent statement opposing intervention in Latin American
British and U.S. leaders decided they had a common interest in protecting North and South America from the possible aggression of a European power
*British initiative-wants to protect their lucrative trade
American response
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams believed that joint action with Britain would restrict U.S. opportunities for further expansion in the hemisphere
○ If the U.S. acted alone, Britain could be counted upon to stand behind U.S. policy
○ No European power would risk going to war in South America, and if it did, the British navy would surely defeat the aggressor
monroe doctrine
•*Aimed at European Powers who wanted to restore their colonial
holdings
•Also a response to the collapse of the Spanish empire in the Americas and our recent history with Great Britain and
France.
•Keep European monarchies out of the Western
Hemisphere.
•Their government systems are foreign to the U.S.
• Referred to as America’s Self Defense Doctrine.
• It is a continuation of President Washington’s neutrality and
isolationist policies.
• Past problems with Europe led the US to declare the Americas
off-limits to Europe
US protector of new democracies in the Western Hemisphere
No European Colonization in the Americas
US will stay out of European
affairs
Monroe
Doctrine
US recognized existing
European Colonies
•New Latin American
countries were formed from successful revolutions.
•US protector of new democracies
in the Western Hemisphere
Activity –Mini Debate
In 1823, President James Monroe, with the help of his advisors, developed the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine said that the US would not allow any European nation to intervene in or colonize countries in the Western Hemisphere in any way at any time for any reason.
Do you believe that Monroe had the right to tell other countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere? Explain.