COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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Teller Amendment
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Platt Amendment
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21st Amendment
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17th Amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -In April 1898 Senator Henry M. Teller (Colorado) proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain which proclaimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Spanish troops left the island in December 1898, the United States occupied Cuba until 1902, and as promised in the Teller Amendment did not attempt to annex the island.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Platt Amendment was an addition to the earlier Teller Amendment, which had previously limited US involvement in Cuba relating to its treatment after the war, particularly in preventing its annexation which had been proposed by various expansionist political entities within the US.
Detailed explanation-4: -Teller of Colorado proposed an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain, which stated that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.