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Monroe He instigated the "Monroe Doctrine" and coined the phrase "walk softly and carry a big stick"
The Monroe Doctrine warned the European nations against efforts to colonize or otherwise interfere with existing states and territories in North and South America. The doctrine gave the European colonies the same courtesy from the United States.
James Monroe, the 5th president of the US was president during the Missouri Compromise.
It wasn’t called anything. It was Monroe’s presidency.
It started even before Washington was president, The American victory in the Revolution impressed the European countries to some extent. Jefferson gained respect for defeating the Barbary pirates. Monroe showed Spain in particular and all of Europe that the US was supreme in North America. McKinley showed that the US had a strong navy.