U.S. claimed right to intervene in Latin America.

• A. Moral imperialism
• B. Roosevelt Corollary
• C. Dawes Act
• D. Lusitania / Zimmermann Telegram

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is a specific foreign policy stance that the United States used to justify stepping into neighboring countries to stabilize governments and protect American interests. This is the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, announced in 1904. It argues that the U.S. could intervene in Latin American nations not just to respond to European pressure, but to prevent instability or default on debts from inviting European intervention. In practice, it led to frequent military interventions and occupations in the region, establishing the United States as a regional police power in the early 20th century.

The other options don’t capture that explicit policy of intervention rights in Latin America: moral imperialism is a broader critique about paternalistic or ethical justifications for power, not a formal doctrine; the Dawes Act focuses on Native American land in the United States, not Latin America; and Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram relate to World War I events, not U.S. interventions in Latin America.