Question

The Monroe Doctrine pledged NOT to interfere with what in the Western Hemisphere?

A. existing European colonies
B. new monarchies
C. French expansion

Answer 1

The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest. President James Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress contained the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.