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Shifting Doctrines of the US - Coggle Diagram
Shifting Doctrines of the US
What's a "political doctrine"?
A set of beliefs or principles that guide the governance of a state, influencing its policies and actions.
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European colonization, asserting U.S. influence in the Americas.
"The American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." – James Monroe
Roosevelt Corollary (1904)
Expanded the Monroe Doctrine, justifying U.S. intervention in Latin America to maintain stability.
"Chronic wrongdoing...may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation." – Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918)
Advocated for global peace through
self-determination
, free trade, and the League of Nations.
"The world must be made safe for democracy." – Woodrow Wilson
Truman Doctrine (1947)
Committed to containing communism by supporting nations resisting Soviet influence.
"It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." – Harry S. Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)'s (1941)
Four
Freedoms
speech and expression
worship God in his own way
freedom from want
freedom from fear