Why did president theodore roosevelt use the roosevelt corollary in the dominican republic?

answers:

roosevelt did not want the dominican republic to attack haiti.
roosevelt was afraid american businesses would lose money if there was a revolution in the dominican republic.
roosevelt was afraid european countries would take action against the dominican republic if it did not pay its debts.
roosevelt needed to have military bases in the dominican republic to protect the panama canal.

President Theodore Roosevelt used the Roosevelt Corollary in the Dominican Republic because he was afraid European countries would take action against the Dominican Republic if it did not pay its debts.

Explanation:

The Roosevelt Corollary was a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by President Theodore Roosevelt. In its altered state, the Monroe Doctrine would now consider Latin America and the Caribbean as territory to expand the commercial interests of the United States in the region, in addition to its original purpose of keeping European hegemony outside the hemisphere.

Roosevelt applied his variant to the Monroe Doctrine for the first time taking the customs of the Dominican Republic in 1905 to pay the foreign creditors of that nation. This event provoked a great indignation in the European leaders and in particular of the kaiser Wilhelm II.

increasing defense spending.

explanation:

detente translated to english means politics