platt amendment

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(1901) Rider appended to a U.S. Army appropriations bill stipulating conditions for withdrawing of U.S. troops remaining in Cuba after the Spanish-American War. The amendment, which was added to the Cuban constitution of 1901, affected Cuba's rights to negotiate treaties and permitted the U.S. to maintain its naval base at Guantánamo Bay and to intervene in Cuban affairs "for the preservation of Cuban independence." In 1934 Pres. Franklin Roosevelt supported abrogation of the amendment's provisions except for U.S. rights to the naval base. See also Good Neighbor Policy
platt amendment

    Hyphenation

    platt a·mend·ment

    Turkish pronunciation

    plät ımendmınt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈplat əˈmendmənt/ /ˈplæt əˈmɛndmənt/
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