Had the Teller Amendment Been Applied to the Philippines and Cuba

question 58

Multiple Choice

Had the Teller Amendment been applied to the Philippines and Cuba, how would it have changed the Spanish-American war?

• A) Cuba would have become an associated territory as well.
• B) The United States would have never fought the Spanish navy at Manila.
• C) The Filipino nationalist movement would not have emerged.
• D) The United States would have been barred from annexing the archipelago.
• E) The United States would have benefitted from German weapons imports.

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