 Most historians , such as one of Roosevelt 's many biographers Howard K. Beale have summarized that the corollary was influenced by Roosevelt 's personal beliefs as well as his connections to foreign bondholders . The U.S. public was very " tense " during the two @-@ month blockade , and Roosevelt requested that Britain and Germany pull out their forces from the area . During the requests for the blockade ’ s end , Roosevelt stationed naval forces in Cuba , to ensure " the respect of Monroe doctrine " and the compliance of the parties in question . The doctrine was never ratified by the senate or brought up for a vote to the American public . Roosevelt 's declaration was the first of many presidential decrees in the twentieth century that were never ratified . 
