Teller Amendment and Platt Amendment
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US History [1]
Miranda Johanson US History Week 3 Activity 2 The Terms to the Platt Amendment concerned the removal of Unites States troops from Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War. It defined the terms of U.S. ? Cuba relations until the 1934 Treaty of Relations. Up until this Treaty the amendment made sure there would be U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs and gave the U.S. the right to claim certain territories on the island which included Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. It restricted conduct of foreign policy and trade, established boundaries, and demanded the sell or lease of land to the U.S. for coal or need for naval bases.