Monroe Doctrine Definition

noun
The doctrine, essentially stated by President Monroe in a message to Congress (Dec., 1823), that the U.S. would regard as an unfriendly act any attempt by a European nation to interfere in the affairs of the American countries or increase its possessions on the American continents.
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Monroe Doctrine Sentence Examples

  • The president, however, sheltered himself behind the Monroe doctrine and appealed to the government of the United States to intervene.

  • The Monroe Doctrine is indeed the recognition, rather than the cause, of undeniable fact.

  • Like the United States, they have or will have their Monroe doctrine.

  • The Guiana boundary question began now to assume an acute stage, the Venezuelan minister in Washington having persuaded President Cleveland to take up the cause of Venezuela in vindication of the principles of the Monroe doctrine.

  • On the 17th of December 1895 President Cleveland sent to Congress a special message calling attention to Great Britain's action in regard to the disputed boundary line between British Guiana and Venezuela, and declaring the necessity of action by the United States to prevent an infringement of the Monroe Doctrine.

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