Identify Causes and Effects Identify what caused the United States to issue the Monroe Doctrine and what its effects were on Latin America.

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roosevelt believed that in light of the country's recent military successes, it was unnecessary to use force to achieve foreign policy goals, so long as the military could threaten force. this belief, and his strategy of “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” shaped much of roosevelt's foreign policy.