Kammala wannan jumla: Jawabin farko na Roosevelt ya ƙunshi jumla ɗaya kawai da aka keɓe don manufofin waje, yana nuna alamar mayar da hankali ga gida a farkon lokacinsa. Babban manufar manufofin waje na Roosevelt na farko shi ne abin da ya kira Good Neighbor Policy, wanda ya ci gaba da motsawa da Coolidge da Hoover suka fara zuwa ga manufofin da ba a shiga tsakani ba a Latin Amurka. Sojojin Amurka sun kasance
Janyewa daga Haiti, da sabbin yarjejeniyoyi tare da Cuba da Panama sun kawo karshen matsayin su na masu kariya. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1933, Roosevelt ya rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Montevideo kan Hakkoki da Ayyukan Jihohi, yana watsi da haƙƙin shiga tsakani a cikin harkokin ƙasashen Latin Amurka. Bayan janyewar sojojin Amurka daga Haiti, sojojin Amurka kawai da suka rage a yankin Caribbean sun kasance a yankin Canal na Panama ko Gidan Sojan Ruwa na Guantanamo Bay.