"Our policy in regard to Europe ... remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers."—President James Monroe, speech to Congress, December 1823

Which of the following explains why President Monroe said this?
He wanted to build the U.S. military and work toward Latin American independence. He wanted to make sure Congress knew he was not going to use war to enforce his doctrine. He wanted to show Europeans that the United States would not help Latin American independence movements. He wanted to use his new doctrine to hide U.S. intenti

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"Our policy in regard to Europe ... remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers."—President James Monroe, speech to Congress, December 1823

Which of the following explains why President Monroe said this?
 He wanted to build the U.S. military and work toward Latin American independence. He wanted to make sure Congress knew he was not going to use war to enforce his doctrine. He wanted to show Europeans that the United States would not help Latin American independence movements. He wanted to use his new doctrine to hide U.S. intenti

anonymous · Answer

B, because the first answer choice might sound right but the army was already built at this point.

anonymous · Answer

C is the opposite of the answer so yeah and D, doesn't make sense Us can have no anterior motive for doing this.