Question

Taft wanted to enforce the Monroe Doctrine by a. isolating the United States from the countries in Latin America. b. allowing U.S. economic power to influence Latin American governments. c. turning Latin American countries such as Nicaragua into U.S. territories. d. removing U.S. businesses from Latin America.

Answer 1

The right answer is b.

Step-by-step explanation:

Taft´s "dollar diplomacy" encouraged US companies to invest in Latin America. One of the assumptions of the policy was that American investment would provide more stability to local governments and in political affairs in those nations.