An essential statement of America’s changing role in the world at the time, both aimed toward the future and rooted in the past, Theodore Roosevelt’s expansion of the Monroe Doctrine helped to define American international status and power.

Focus Document

• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Theodore Roosevelt, 1904

Complementary Documents

• Monroe Doctrine, James Monroe, 1823
• Dollar Diplomacy, William Howard Taft, 1912

Scholars

• Dr. John Moser, Ashland University
• Dr. David Alvis, Wofford College
• Dr. Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology