After the Spanish-American War, attitudes towards Cuba in the United States were somewhat mixed. Some wanted to annex the country and some wanted to make it independent. The US decided to establish a military government to rule Cuba for a while. After that, another Cuban Government would take over. Written by Elihu Root, Secretary of War, the Platt Amendment was introduced into the Senate by Orville Platt. It was passed in Washington, and reluctantly accepted by the Cuban Constitutional Convention, which saw it as the only way to sovereignty. The Platt Amendment did several things. It gave the United StatesGuantánamo Bay as a naval base and allowed the US to enter Cuba if it felt things were out of control. This would be used to insure the country's government remained friendly to the US and that American companies wouldn't be hurt by some sudden change.
The US and Cuban relationship has always had a degree of strain. The idea behind the protectorate notion was to keep communist ideas in check.
Amendment 18 and it was because amendment 18 prohibited alcohol and they had to make amendment 21 to cancel out amendment 18.
The first amendment.
1st Amendment
Actually is was Cuba.
The amendment requires U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
The amendment requires U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
The amendment required U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
platt amendment
The amendment required U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
Platt Amendment
The main reason the United States put an embargo on Cuba was because of pressure from US business whose property had been nationalized by the Cuban government without payment. Another reason for the embargo was pressure from refugees and immigrants from Cuba, who favored actions taken against Castro's government. There is a link below to an article on the embargo.
Platt Amendment
Cuba-Under teh platt Amendment US gains control over aspects of the independent republicos cuba it bacame aprotectorate,Cuba could not make treaties with otherforeigh nations allowed US naval bases asnecessary,and gave the US the power to intervene incuba affairs.
The Teller Amendment stated that the United States would not, under any circumstances, obtain juristiction over Cuba ( it was created to prevent us from forging a Latin American Empire ). The Platt Amendment, meanwhile, was created to make sure that the lives of Americans lost in the Spanish-American War were not wasted: it gave us the authority to intervene in Cuban affairs in order to protect our own interests - it also gave us land in Guantanimo Bay with which to build a naval base.