The most common inherent powers are emergency powers, exercised only in times of great need. Some emergency powers are limited in scope. The president can declare a place devastated by a storm a federal disaster area, making it eligible for federal aid.
In this simulation, students will take the roles of leaders of various countries whose history and current affairs in the early 19th century led up to President Monroeâs declaration that became the Monroe Doctrine. These countries include Britain, Portugal, the United Sates, Spain, Russia, and Latin America.
By the mid-1800s, Monroeâs declaration, combined with ideas of Manifest Destiny, provided precedent and support for U.S. expansion on the American continent. In the late 1800s, U.S. economic and military power enabled it to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. The doctrineâs greatest extension came with Theodore Rooseveltâs Corollary, which inverted the original meaning of the doctrine and came to justify unilateral U.S. intervention in Latin America.