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In 1823, after many discrepancies dealing with European nations, President James Monroe “incorporated a stern warning to European powers,” (Bailey, Cohen, and Kennedy, 253) in the form of the Monroe Doctrine. The Doctrine stated that all European intervention with both of the American continents would cease to exist. In 1905, President Roosevelt altered the true purpose of the Monroe Doctrine to fit his needs. He used the Monroe Doctrine to validate the involvement of the United States in the affairs of South American nations. Roosevelt gained support by this relation to the much respected Doctrine, and used his “big stick policy” to enforce his Corollary. U.S. foreign policy changed in the face of the Corollary both negatively and positively, leaving lasting effects upon the nation. President Monroe’s Doctrine intended to keep Europe from meddling in affairs of the Western Hemisphere. Many South American nations, such as Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, owed debts to European countries, and were not capable of compensation. “Seeking to force payment, German warships sank two Venezuelan gunboats and bombarded a town in early 1903,“ (Bailey, Cohen, and Kennedy, 657). Also, “the European creditors th