USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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This agreement gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba

(A) ** Platt Amendment

(B) Foraker Act

(C) Dollar Diplomacy

(D) Roosevelt Corollary

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Approved on May 22, 1903, the Platt Amendment was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba’s independence from foreign intervention. It permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs for the enforcement of Cuban independence.

Concept note-2: -The Platt Amendment was an agreement between Cuba and the United States that was signed in 1901 and approved in 1903.