The Platt Amendment-ME-Kelsie Hewitt

The Platt Amendment happened in the year of 1901. The amendment went to the military appropriations bill, which was limited by the Teller Amendment that disallowed annexation of Cuba. It gave rules to the conditions for the leave of the United States soldiers that were still in Cuba around the end of the Spanish-American War.

The amendment outlined the role of the U.S in Cuba and Caribbean. It restricted Cuba from having commercial relations, demanded that they sell or lease land to the united states that were necessary for coal of making boat docks. After that took place, Roosevelt then agreed to bring troops back home and then signed the Cuban-American Treaty.