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History Help Forum _ [13 and under] Homework help _ Roosevelt! Please Help

Posted by: manderz4lyfe05 Jan 17 2003, 01:55 AM

Hey~
I need help with what the Roosevelt Collary is?? I have finals tomrow and its on the review paper, please help me, i will greatly apprieciate, thanks in advance!
~*~Amanda~*~

Posted by: Mrs Faithorn Jan 17 2003, 06:15 PM

If you are a student in the USA, then your 'tomorrow' may well have come in which case this reply is too late.

The Roosevelt corollary is explained http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/POTUS/TRoos.html.

Can I just say - as I said in my reply to your last request for help - it was so easy to find information using the search engine http://www.google.com that it would have been less trouble for you to do that than to post a message here

Posted by: Mr S Drew Jan 17 2003, 06:20 PM

This Roosevelt Corrolary is an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that set out the policy of the United States to exclude European powers from North and South America. The Monroe Doctrine (so called as it was issued by President Monroe) was part of the developing USA attempts to assert its hegenomy over the Americas.

In 1904 President Roosevelt issued an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, and this is the Roosevelt Corrolary.

Here is some text from a http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/trcor.htm on the Corrolary.

And here is some http://search2.eb.com/elections/pri/Q00122.html

Here is a site that can help you with this:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/POTUS/TRoos.html

And finally a bit more text for you to read about the Roosevelt Corrolary:

"Key Concepts for the Theory and Practice of U.S. Imperialism

The Monroe Doctrine (1823) and The Roosevelt Corollary (1904): President James Monroe proposed the erection of a symbolic barrier between Europe and the Americas. The U.S. promised to not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe and in its colonies, whereas the U.S. declared that Europe should not intervene in the Americas, nor set up new colonies. The Monroe Doctrine was a phrase that became common in discussions of foreign policy many years after President Monroe articulated this perspective, and was a recognizable phrase in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Roosevelt Corollary was the work of President Teddy Roosevelt, and it amended the Monroe Doctrine to include the possibility of U.S. intervention if the U.S. saw it fit to do so. This was essentially a paternalistic point of view: if the U.S. decided a country's internal affairs required policing, then it took it upon itself to take control of the situation. Roosevelt is famous for having popularized the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick," which accurately represents the tenor of the Roosevelt Corollary. "

I hope this all helps.