History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0927 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Roosevelt Corollary
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The idea
In his annual message of December nineteen oh four, Roosevelt claimed for the United States an international police power in the Western Hemisphere.
In practice
British, German and Italian gunboats blockading Venezuela in nineteen oh two over unpaid debts.
Where people slip
Many Americans, the National Archives says, feared European intervention would undermine American dominance in the region.
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