USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

[SOURCES]
Which political action would put Cuba under the Sphere of Influence of America?

(A) ** Platt Amendment

(B) Teller Amendment

(C) Jones Act

(D) Roosevelt Corollary

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Platt Amendment stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of establishing naval bases (the main one was Guantánamo Bay) and coaling stations in Cuba.

Concept note-2: -The significance of the Platt Amendment was that it established the terms under which the U.S. would end its military occupation of Cuba (which had begun in 1898 during the Spanish-American War) and “leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people."