AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Cuba was given its independence
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Cuba could not make treaties with other nations
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America gets Guantanamo Bay
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America gets Puerto Rico
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -It also established that Cuba’s boundaries would not include the Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud) until its title could be established in a future treaty, and that Cuba must sell or lease lands to the United States necessary for coaling or the development of naval stations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spain agrees to grant independence to Cuba, and cedes the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico the United States. March 2nd, 1901: The Platt Amendment is passed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Platt Amendment’s conditions prohibited the Cuban Government from entering into any international treaty that would compromise Cuban independence or allow foreign powers to use the island for military purposes.