The Platt Amendment of 1901 was a rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. Senate by Connecticut Republican Senator Orville H. Platt (1827-1905) replacing the earlier Teller Amendment. The amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba since the Spanish-American War, and defined the terms of Cuban-U.S. relations until the 1934 Treaty of Relations. The Amendment ensured U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs, both foreign and domestic, and gave legal standing to U.S. claims to certain economic and military territories on the island including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Actually is was Cuba.
The Platt Amendment In simplest terms, the Platt Amendment was a treaty between the United States and Cuba that established guidelines for US-Cuban relations. The US wanted to maintain influence in Cuba to protect its interests there, but Cubans were wary of being under the control of another foreign power after recently gaining independence from Spain. The Platt Amendment was an attempt to appease both countries. ~Learned from Britannica's website~
The Platt Amendment reserved the United State's right to intervene in Cuban affairs and forced newly independent Cuba to host American naval bases on the island.
America could not protect the interests of Cuba.
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What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
Platt Amendment
Approved March 2, 1901
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.
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment on U.S. relations with Cuba?
The Platt Amendment declared U.S. intentions to intervene in Cuba.
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