Monroe Doctrine: US Shift In Foreign Policy - really
Historical context[ edit ] Located 90 miles km off the coast of Florida , Cuba had been discussed as a subject for annexation in several presidential administrations. Presidents John Quincy Adams and Thomas Jefferson expressed great interest in Cuba, with Adams observing during his Secretary of State tenure that it had "become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union". The U. The existence of slavery in Cuba , the island's plantation economy based on sugar, and its geographical location predisposed it to Southern influence; [5] its admission would greatly strengthen the position of Southern slaveholders, whose way of life was under fire from Northern abolitionists. As slavery-free Western states were admitted, Southern politicians increasingly looked to Cuba as the next slave state. Even John C. Calhoun , described as a reluctant expansionist who strongly disagreed with intervention on the basis of the Monroe Doctrine , concurred that "it is indispensable to the safety of the United States that this island should not be in certain hands", [8] likely referring to Britain. Polk refused solicitations from filibuster backer John L. O'Sullivan and stated his belief that any acquisition of the island must be an "amicable purchase. Marcy , whose appointment was also an attempt to placate the "Old Fogies. Monroe Doctrine: US Shift In Foreign PolicyNow where have I seen that ratio before?
Maybe in one of those Toni Morrison novels they made me read at my Politically Correct College instead of truly great American authors like Shakespeare and Moliere. Loose translation Anyway, what could explain this astounding coincidence?
There are probably some others, but these are the main contenders, which we can call Team Sailer, Team Murray, and Team Zaluchi.]
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