Roosevelt Corollary (Aka Big Stick Diplomacy)

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Roosevelt created the Roosevelt Corollary (aka Big Stick Diplomacy). In an effort to aid the Dominican Republic, America declared itself the “policeman” of the Western Hemisphere. Taft was the maker if the Dollar Diplomacy. The U.S. repaid European loans for Latin American countries in debt to secure these countries’ loyalty to the U.S. and to keep Europe out of Latin America. Wilson made the Moral Diplomacy. The U.S. established constitutional, democratic governments in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to secure their loyalty.
Roosevelt's Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that declared the United States could intervene, or use military force to keep peace, in Latin American countries when necessary. Dollar Diplomacy focused