doctrine

Examples of doctrine in the following topics:

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The Monroe Doctrine

  • The Monroe Doctrine opposed efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America.
  • President James Monroe first stated the doctrine during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress.
  • The intent and impact of the Monroe Doctrine persisted—with only minor variations—for almost two centuries.
  • The full Monroe Doctrine is long and couched in diplomatic language, but its essence is expressed in two key passages.
  • President James Monroe put forth the Monroe Doctrine, written by John Quincy Adams, in 1823.

• The Open Door Policy

  • The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the Americas in 1823.
  • At the same time, the doctrine noted that the United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries.
  • President James Monroe first stated the doctrine during his seventh-annual State of the Union Address to Congress.
  • The term "Monroe Doctrine" itself was coined in 1850.
  • The intent and impact of the Monroe Doctrine persisted with only minor variations for more than a century.

• Separate But Equal

  • Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in American constitutional law that justified systems of segregation.
  • Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in American constitutional law that justified systems of segregation.
  • The doctrine of "separate but equal" was legitimized in the 1896 Supreme Court case, Plessy v.
  • The doctrine of "separate but equal" was eventually overturned by the Linda Brown v.
  • A store catering to "whites only" under the separate but equal doctrine.

• The Truman Doctrine

  • The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War.
  • More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by Soviet communism.
  • The Truman Doctrine underpinned American Cold War policy in Europe and around the world.
  • Patterson, "The Truman Doctrine was a highly publicized commitment of a sort the administration had not previously undertaken.
  • The Truman Doctrine became a metaphor for emergency aid to keep a nation from communist influence.

• The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

  • The Truman Doctrine was the start of the policy of containment; it was followed by economic restoration of Europe through the Marshall Plan.
  • TThe Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War.
  • More generally, the Truman doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by Soviet communism.
  • The Truman Doctrine became a metaphor for emergency aid to keep a nation from communist influence.
  • Assess the role of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in the escalating Cold War

• The Roosevelt Corollary

  • The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary (an addition) to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address in 1904.
  • The Roosevelt Corollary was supposed to be an addition to the Monroe Doctrine; however, it could be seen as a departure.
  • In other words, while the Monroe Doctrine sought to bar entry to the European empires, the Roosevelt Corollary announced America's intention to take their place.
  • This political cartoon depicts Theodore Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep European powers out of the Dominican Republic.
  • The Roosevelt Corollary took the Monroe Doctrine even further, and was exercised frequently during the Wilson administration.

• The Cold War and Containment

  • The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by United States diplomat, George F.
  • Although President Dwight Eisenhower (1953–61) toyed with the rival doctrine of rollback, he refused to intervene in the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
  • Kennan was the diplomat behind the doctrine of containment.
  • Discuss the doctrine of Containment and its role during the Cold War

• The Power of Judicial Review

  • Judicial review is the doctrine where legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary.
  • Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary.

• Nationalizing the Bill of Rights

  • The incorporation of the Bill of Rights (also called the incorporation doctrine) is the process by which American courts have applied portions of the United States' Bill of Rights to the states.
  • According to the doctrine of incorporation, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies the Bill of Rights to the states.
  • Prior to the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment and the development of the incorporation doctrine, the Supreme Court held in Barron v.