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.
The Platt Amendment made Cuba a US protectorate (a country under the control and protection of Another Country). After Cuba accepted the Platt Amendment, US troops withdrew. The Amendment was eventually repealed, but the United States retained its lease on the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
The United States had an interest in controlling Cuba because of its location. Since it was located just a short distance from the mainland, it was believed that they could easily attack the US if they wanted to.
Platt Amendment was signed at the end of the Spanish American War. During the war, the United States had a presence in Cuba to mediate between Cuba and Spain, and in the aftermath, efforts were being made to turn Cuba into a self governing colony.
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In the United States, an Aerospace Engineer can make anywhere from $54,180 - $118,007.
Pink released the song 'You Make Me Sick' January 15, 2001 in the United Kingdom. It was released in the United states nearly a month later on February 11, 2001.
There are 18 nations: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands.
The amendment required U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
The amendment required U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.
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Actually is was Cuba.
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 US and Cuban relationship has always had a degree of strain. The idea behind the protectorate notion was to keep communist ideas in check.
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.
All of them are neighboring the United States.
Havana is important because it is Cuba's major port.
The correct answer would be the Teller Amendment.The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 19, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. could not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people."