USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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Which statement about Cuba is true?

(A) Cuba became completely independent with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris.

(B) ** The United States retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and build military bases in Cuba.

(C) Cuba remained a Spanish colony after the Spanish-American War.

(D) Cubans rose in armed revolt against the United States after the Spanish-American War.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -As a condition of independence, the United States forced Cuba to grant a continuing U.S. right to intervene on the island in accordance with the Platt Amendment. The amendment was repealed in 1934 when the United States and Cuba signed a Treaty of Relations.

Concept note-2: -The Platt Amendment outlined the role of the United States in Cuba and the Caribbean, limiting Cuba’s right to make treaties with other nations and restricting Cuba in the conduct of foreign policy and commercial relations.