Multiple choice

What did the Platt Amendment establish?

  1. The Philippines would eventually be independent

  2. There would be free trade in China

  3. The U.S. had no intention of annexing Cuba

  4. Cuba couldn't make foreign treaties w/o U.S. approval
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Explanation

The Platt Amendment, passed in 1901, stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Cuba. It gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and prohibited Cuba from making treaties that would compromise its independence.

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