Why did President Franklin Roosevelt promote the

good neighbor policy

The Good Neighbor policy was the foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt towards Latin America. Although the policy was implemented by the Roosevelt administration, President Woodrow Wilson had previously used the term-but subsequently went on to invade Mexico. Senator Henry Clay had coined the term Good Neighbor in the previous century.

To improve relations between the U. S and Latin American

There were two main reasons behind good neighbor policy

Motivation for economic expansion Growing threat towards western hemisphere Explanation:

By 1933, the american world was in the depth of the worst economic depression in history which is known as the Great Depression. The Good Neighbor Policy allowed the U. S. to revise its trade relations with Latin American nations to strengthen its economic ties. The second reason behind good neighbor policy was the reduction of threat from Japan and Nazis towards North and South America.