Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the Roosevelt Corollary in the Dominican Republic? Roosevelt did not want the Dominican Republic to attack the United States. Roosevelt did not want American businesses to lose money if a revolution occurred. Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts. Roosevelt wanted to build military bases in the Dominican Republic to protect the Panama Canal.

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Kennedy Freeman

22 January, 22:11

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the Roosevelt Corollary in the Dominican Republic? Roosevelt did not want the Dominican Republic to attack the United States. Roosevelt did not want American businesses to lose money if a revolution occurred. Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts. Roosevelt wanted to build military bases in the Dominican Republic to protect the Panama Canal.

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Sarai Schneider · Answer 1

Answer The answer is C just took the test

Lindsey Johnson · Answer 2

C. Roosevelt was concerned European countries would take action if the Dominican Republic failed to pay its debts.

Explanation:

The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of a previous idea to the Monroe doctrine. While the main idea of Monroe's doctrine was to prevent European's intervention in the Western Hemisphere, the Roosevelt corollary was practiced to support America's invention throughout the Latin American countries. President Roosevelt declared that European powers would not be permitted to collect the debts by force, owed them by Latin American countries.