USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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What amendment gave the United States open access to Cuba?

(A) ** Platt Amendment

(B) Roosevelt Amendment

(C) Taft Amendment

(D) Monroe Amendment

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.