4. Why did President Theodore Roosevelt's advocate the policy of "big stick" diplomacy for the United States? Roosevelt believed the United States had a responsibility to "civilize" other nations.
Roosevelt did not believe in the principles of the Monroe Doctrine.
Roosevelt did not believe in building alliances with other countries.
Roosevelt believed the United States needed to be involved in wars to gain world power.

Roosevelt believed the United States had a responsibility to "civilize" other nations.

Roosevelt's view that America needed to carry a "big stick" came from his idea that the United States had a moral responsibility to "civilize," or uplift, weaker nations.

Explanation:

answer: "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is a well-known phrase in the united states declaration of independence. the phrase gives three examples of the "unalienable rights" which the declaration says have been given to all humans by their creator, and which governments are created to protect.

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they could have a boston tea party.