How Did Theodore Roosevelt Corollary

President Theodore Roosevelt had just dipped his feet into international affairs when he pushed for the construction of the Panama Canal in 1914. However, other foreign entanglements in South America resulted in further intervention by Roosevelt, so he created the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which was originally conceived in 1823. Although Roosevelt’s motives may not be corrupt, the corollary was used to justify further involvement in foreign affairs. The intentions of Roosevelt’s Corollary were good because they sought to eradicate European involvement in New World affairs, which was forbidden by the Monroe Doctrine. In 1903, South American nations such as Venezuela and the Dominican Republic were struggling to pay their debts to Britain and Germany, so these countries set up a blockade on the Venezuelan coast. Then, German ships bombed a port in Venezuela, assailed a town, and threatened to establish a base in this area (Brinkley 614). President Roosevelt started to worry because there was a …show more content…
Soon, U.S. marines landed in additional South American countries such as Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti, and the South Americans began to resent constant American intervention (“The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America”). Many Latin Americans believed that the Roosevelt Corollary was a blanket that the United States wanted to suffocate them with (Bailey 676). Roosevelt created the addition to Monroe’s Doctrine to prevent intervention, but now it was the United States that was repeatedly landing marines in the Caribbean. Towards the end of the 20th century, the U.S. would send troops to South America over 35 times under the justification of the Roosevelt Corollary. Instead of assisting the people in South America, the U.S. was unnecessary sending troops so much that the South Americans began to develop a deep resentment towards their Northern