Why Did the Monroe Doctrine Make Little Impression on European

question 35

Multiple Choice

Why did the Monroe Doctrine make little impression on European powers?

• A) They were too occupied with losing their colonial power in the Americas to care about trade embargoes in the United States.
• B) They didn't see the U.S. as a significant enough military power to feel threatened about their support of Latin American independence.
• C) Europe, especially Britain, couldn't predict how powerful an influence the U.S. would have on independent markets in Latin America.
• D) Communication was so poor that the European powers didn't receive news of the Monroe Doctrine until after they had given up Latin America.
• E) Maps were so inaccurate that European powers didn't have a sense of how close the United States was to much of Latin America.

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