Platt Amendment (mar 2, 1901 – may 29, 1934)
Description:
A U.S law that defined Cuba's post-Spanish-American war with the US, allowing them to- intervene in Cuban affairs
- Restrict Cuban foreign affairs
- Lease land to the US for naval bases
- US investment totalled to 1.2 billion
- By 1923, US owned three-quarters of the sugar industry
Was repealed in 1934
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 2, 1901
may 29, 1934
~ 33 years