The Monroe doctrine refers to
A) the economic recovery package of aid from the United States to western Europe after World War II.
B) the policy that the United States will launch a preemptive attack on any country harboring nonstate actors that threaten its national security.
C) the idea that foreign powers should not meddle in the Western Hemisphere.
D) the theory that the United States needed to have twice as many nuclear weapons as the Soviet Union in order to remain secure.
E) the treaty signed at the end of the War of 1812.

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The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823 that declared that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to colonization by European powers and warned that any attempt to do so would be seen as a threat to the national security of the United States. This policy became known as the Monroe Doctrine and has been an important part of U.S. foreign policy ever since.

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