mar 2, 1901 - Platt Amendment

Description:

An amendment to the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. The amendment stipulated US-Cuba relations, specifically the dominance of the former over the latter. It proposed eight points:

1) Cuba may not grant non-US foreign nations control over the island
2) Cuba may not assume public debt in order to pay for the country's expenses
3) the US may intervene to protect Cuban independence, its republican government, and to enact the points in this amendment
4) Every federal US law is valid in Cuba during its military occupation
5) Cuba will ensure that the island is sanitized to be free of disease
6) The Isle of Pines is not part of Cuba
7) Cuba will sell or lease land for naval bases or coaling stations to the US so it can protect itself and Cuba
8) Cuba will include these points in a permanent treaty with the US