Question

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the Roosevelt Corollary in the Dominican Republic?

A) Roosevelt did not want the Dominican Republic to attack the United States.
B) Roosevelt did not want American businesses to lose money if a revolution occurred.
C) Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican
Republic failed to pay its debts.
D) Roosevelt wanted to build military bases in the Dominican Republic to protect the
Panama Canal.

Answer 1

The answer is C.

Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts.

Answer 2

C) Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts.

The Corollary was a United State policy toward Latin America, that allowed the U.S. to intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American ones.

In 1904, the Dominican Republic was in serious trouble with France, Italy, and Germany because it wasn't able to pay its large debts. Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action, and in 1905, he agreed with the Dominican Republic to supervised its debt repayment, enacted the Corollary and intervened in the matter. The United States took over the D.R. and seized its customs houses until the situation was stabilized.