Question

We owe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers, to declare, that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered, and shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their independence, and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration, and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling, in any other manner, their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States...

- From the Monroe Doctrine 1823
In addition to the assertions stated in the excerpt, the Monroe Doctrine also asserted that the United States would not
A. interfere in European affairs.
B. intervene in Latin American affairs.
C. allow European expansion in the Pacific.
D. limit its own expansion Into Mexican territory.

Answer 1

Option (A), The Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs but did not limit itself from intervening in Latin American affairs or expanding into Mexican territory.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Monroe Doctrine, articulated in President James Monroe's annual message to Congress in 1823, was a cornerstone policy of U.S. foreign relations, asserting a clear stance against European colonialism in the Americas. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams played a key role in shaping the doctrine, emphasizing the United States' commitment to non-intervention in European affairs while declaring that European intervention in the newly independent states of the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as acts of aggression toward the U.S. This doctrine also implied that the U.S. would not interfere in existing European colonies.

Answering the student's question, the Monroe Doctrine also asserted that the United States would not interfere in European affairs (A). It did not, however, promise non-intervention in Latin American affairs (B), oppose European expansion in the Pacific (C), or limit U.S. expansion into Mexican territory (D).