AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Would still be able to trade with Spain
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Would be the only democratic nation in the Western Hemisphere
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Would be able to intervene in Cuba’s affairs if necessary
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Would have a military alliance with England
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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Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the Platt Amendment provisions were repealed in 1934 when the Cuban-American Treaty of Relations of 1934 between the United States and Cuba was negotiated as a part of U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor policy” toward Latin America.
Detailed explanation-3: -After several failed attempts by the Cubans to reject or modify the terms of the Platt amendment, the Cuban Constitutional Convention finally succumbed to American pressure and ratified it on June 12, 1901, by a vote of 16 to 11.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cubans opposed the provisions of the Platt Amendment. They claimed it gave far too much power to the United States and deprived Cubans of their independence.