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The Platt Amendment was a treaty between the US and Cuba in 1901 that gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs to protect its independence. Learn what the amendment included, why it was created, and how it affected US-Cuban relations and Guantanamo Bay.
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Learn about the Platt Amendment, an agreement between the US and Spain over Cuba after the Spanish-American War. Test your knowledge with 20 questions and answers on the amendment's conditions, effects, and history.
Jul 19, 1998 · Platt Amendment, rider appended to the U.S. Army appropriations bill of March 1901, stipulating the conditions for withdrawal of U.S. troops remaining in Cuba since the Spanish-American War and molding fundamental Cuban-U.S. relations until 1934. It was presented to the Senate by Senator Orville H. Platt.
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Farmers, factory owners look beyond American shores (agricultural and industrial production)The country was bursting with a new sense of power generated by robust growth in population, wealth, and productive capacity (trembling from blows of labor violence and agrarian unrest)“Yellow press” of Pulitzer and Hearst described foreign exploits as manly adventuresPious missionaries looked overseas for new souls to harvest (Reverend Josiah Strong)America’s anti-British feeling arose in 1895-1896 over VenezuelaJungle boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela had been in dispute (gold found)President Cleveland decided on a strong protest and his secretary of state, Richard Olney, declared that the British was in effect flouting the Monroe Doctrine (submit to arbitration)London flatly denied the relevance of the Monroe Doctrine and spurned arbitrationEnchanted Hawaii had early attracted the attention of Americans (way station, provision point)The State Department sternly warned other powers to keep their grasping hands offCommercial reciprocity agreement (1875) and naval-base rights (1887)Sugar cultivation, profitable, had barriers raised against it with the McKinley TariffCuba’s masses again rose against their Spanish oppressor in 1895The roots of the revolt was partly economic, with partial origins in the United StatesSugar production, backbone of Cuba’s prosperity, was crippled by the American tariff of 1894Insurgents adopted a scorched-earth policy—they wanted Spain to move out or US to aid them“Yellow journalism” of Hearst and Pulitzer enhanced atrocities in Cuba, sometimes invented“Butcher” Weyler was removed in 1897, yet conditions steadily worsened; there was some talk in Spain of granting the restive island a type of self-government (opposed by Spanish Cubans)In 1898 Washington sent battleship Maineto Cuba to protect and evacuate AmericansIn February 1898, a letter written by Spanish minister in Washington, Dupuy de Lome, described President McKinley as a politician who lacked good faith—sensationally headlined by HearstAmerican diplomats had gained Madrid’s agreement to Washington’s two basic demands: an end to reconcentration camps and an armistice with Cuban rebels (McKinley did not want hostilities)McKinley’s private desires clashed sharply with opinions now popular with the publicThe president finally yielded and gave the people what they wanted; no faith in Spain’s promisesMcKinley believed in the democratic principle that people should rule—thought it evitableThe regular army was unprepared for a war under tropical skies (28,00 men to 200,000 troops)Spain’s apparent superiority was illusory; its navy was in wretched conditionThe readiness of the navy owed much to navy secretary John Long and assistant Theodore Roosevelt—who cabled Commodore George Dewey to descend upon Spain’s Philippines in warDewey sailed in Manila on May 1, 1898 and destroyed the Spanish fleetDewey had to wait for troop reinforcements assembling in America; foreign warships begun to gather in the harbor, ostensibly to safeguard their nationals in Manila (British friendliness)Long-awaited American troops finally arriving in force, captured Manila on August 13, 1898They collaborated with the Filipino insurgents commanded by Emilio AguinaldoEvents in Philippines focused attention on Hawaii—a joint resolution of annexation was rushed through Congress and approved by McKinley on July 7, 1898 (U.S. citizenship, territorial status)Spanish government ordered a fleet of warships to Cuba under Admiral Cervera (falling apart)Demands for protection poured in on Washington from eastern seaboard of the USSound strategy seemed to dictate that an American army could be sent in from the rearThe ill-prepared Americans were unequipped for war in the tropics (all woolen clothing)The American army, fast closing in on Santiago, spelled doom for the Spanish fleetSpanish fleets were entirely destroyed and Santiago surrendered shortly afterHasty preparations were made for a descent upon Puerto Rico before the war should endThe American army, commanded by General Nelson Miles, met little resistancePlatt Amendment: This amendment gave the US the right to take over the Island of Cuba if that country entered into a treaty or debt that might place its freedom in danger. This amendment also gave the U.S. the right to put a naval base in Cuba to protect it and the US holdings in the Caribbean.
Feb 8, 2022 · The Platt Amendment was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that permitted U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs for the preservation of Cuban independence. It was incorporated in the Cuban Constitution of 1901 and repealed in 1934 as part of the Good Neighbor policy.
