The 1823 Monroe Doctrine Argued That European Countries

question 88

Multiple Choice

The 1823 Monroe Doctrine argued that European countries

• A) could no longer establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
• B) had to withdraw from their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
• C) should sell their colonies in the Western Hemisphere to the United States.
• D) needed to develop plans to liberate their colonies.
• E) needed to focus their colonial ambitions on Asia.

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