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• It caused Latin American countries to increasingly resent U.S. interference in their affairs.
• It caused the U.S. to focus on Latin America instead of pursuing its foreign policy goals in Asia.
• It caused military conflicts with European countries who also had economic interests in Latin America.
• It caused damage to the U.S. economy by encouraging overinvestment in unstable Latin American countries.
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The unintended consequence of William Howard Taft's use of dollar diplomacy in U.S. relations with Latin America was:
• It caused Latin American countries to increasingly resent U.S. interference in their affairs.
Dollar diplomacy aimed to use economic power to achieve American foreign policy objectives, but it often led to resentment and backlash in Latin American nations that viewed U.S. actions as imperialistic.
