What Was the Purpose of the Platt Amendment

question 37

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Platt Amendment?

• A) It granted U.S. citizenship to inhabitants of Puerto Rico.
• B) It arranged for a Cuban election to decide the issue of annexation.
• C) It sharply restricted the independence of Cuba's new government.
• D) It set up the Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba.
• E) It called for Spain to pay for all war reparations.

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