How Did The Monroe Doctrine Contribute To The Rise Of Usa's Super Power

The United States experienced many different world events that helped propel it to becoming the world’s super power. From the Monroe Doctrine which would help the United States isolate itself from the Colonialism of the European nations and set itself as the super power of the America’s, to the Spanish American War which ended Spanish rule in the America’s as well as helped the United States acquire its own territories, to the first and second World Wars which ultimately bankrupted all of Europe, to the rise and fall of Communism and the ending of the Cold War. So why were these events so important to the rise of the United States? As the Spanish began losing its territories to independence in Central and South America, the United States adopted the Monroe Doctrine to help isolate these American countries from outside European nations so it could become the dominant nation in the America’s. The Monroe doctrine helped the United States set up
The United States began heavy military buildup to Britain and other Allied forces until it was bombed in 1941 by Japan and was forced into the War. Again the United States stayed out of WWII for a long as it could and therefore didn’t lose as many casualties as the other fighting nations. Moreover, like WWI the United States was never attacked on its mainland, just Hawaii. There were no significantly devastated cities like there were in Europe, Russia, and Asia. After the war ended in 1945 the United States was able to focus on its economy and political standpoint in the world rather than nation rebuilding. The United States again focused on military outpost and economic prosperity as it loaned heavy amounts of money to help rebuild Europe. The United States was the most economically and militarily stable country in the world