Monroe Doctrine
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The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monroe Doctrine canonical | 16 |
| Monroe Doctrine era | 1 |
| Monroe Doctrine policy | 1 |
| Monroe Doctrine speech | 1 |
| Roosevelt Corollary | 1 |
| Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T525008 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monroe Doctrine Context triple: [Early Republic of the United States, hasPart, Monroe Doctrine]
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A.
Hallstein Doctrine
The Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War-era West German foreign policy that refused diplomatic relations with any country (except the USSR) that recognized East Germany as a sovereign state.
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B.
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a U.S. Cold War policy announced in 1957 that pledged American economic and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries resisting armed aggression or communist influence.
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C.
Alaska Purchase
The Alaska Purchase was the 1867 transaction in which the United States bought the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire, significantly expanding U.S. land holdings in North America.
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D.
Nixon Doctrine
The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.
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E.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an 1820 U.S. federal statute that temporarily eased sectional tensions by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery in most of the remaining Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Monroe Doctrine Target entity description: The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
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A.
Hallstein Doctrine
The Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War-era West German foreign policy that refused diplomatic relations with any country (except the USSR) that recognized East Germany as a sovereign state.
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B.
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a U.S. Cold War policy announced in 1957 that pledged American economic and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries resisting armed aggression or communist influence.
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C.
Alaska Purchase
The Alaska Purchase was the 1867 transaction in which the United States bought the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire, significantly expanding U.S. land holdings in North America.
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D.
Nixon Doctrine
The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.
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E.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an 1820 U.S. federal statute that temporarily eased sectional tensions by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery in most of the remaining Louisiana Territory north of the 36°30′ parallel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States foreign policy doctrine
ⓘ
historical document ⓘ political doctrine ⓘ |
| announcedBy | James Monroe ⓘ |
| announcedByOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| announcedIn | Seventh Annual Message to Congress ⓘ |
| announcedOn | 2 December 1823 ⓘ |
| appliedDuring |
Cuban Missile Crisis
ⓘ
U.S. opposition to European interventions in Latin America ⓘ Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Americas
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| asserts | special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| component |
non-colonization principle
ⓘ
non-intervention principle ⓘ separation of spheres between Europe and the Americas ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declares |
Western Hemisphere
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Hemisphere is closed to future European colonization
any European attempt to oppress or control states in the Americas would be viewed as hostile to the United States ⓘ |
| field |
diplomatic history
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ |
| hasCorollary |
Big Stick diplomacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Roosevelt Corollary
|
| hasEffect | limited European political influence in the Americas ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
defensive anti-colonial doctrine
ⓘ
justification for U.S. hegemony in the Americas ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
independence of Latin American republics
ⓘ
post-Napoleonic Europe ⓘ |
| inception | 1823 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cold War policy in the Western Hemisphere
ⓘ
Good Neighbor policy ⓘ
surface form:
Good Neighbor Policy
Monroe Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Roosevelt Corollary
U.S. interventionism in Latin America ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British foreign policy interests
ⓘ
George Canning ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | unilateral U.S. policy statement ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Monroe ⓘ |
| notFormally |
international law instrument
ⓘ
treaty ⓘ |
| opposes |
European colonialism in the Americas
ⓘ
European intervention in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| region | Western Hemisphere ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Big Stick diplomacy
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Stick policy
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
Manifest Destiny
Pan-Americanism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
U.S. imperialism debates
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United States–Latin America relations ⓘ international relations theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Monroe Doctrine Description of subject: The Monroe Doctrine was a foundational 19th-century U.S. foreign policy principle that opposed European colonialism in the Americas and asserted a special sphere of influence for the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roosevelt Corollary
this entity surface form:
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
this entity surface form:
Monroe Doctrine era
this entity surface form:
Monroe Doctrine speech
this entity surface form:
Monroe Doctrine policy