Question

What affect did the Platt Amendment have on Cuban citizens? They appreciated the conditions the United States government put in the Platt Amendment. The had a few concerns but were please overall. The clauses of the Platt Amendment were unpopular because Cubans wanted total freedom. The Cuban people revolted against the United States government and established their own form of government.

Answer 1

Platt amendment gave Cubans freedom

Answer 2

The clauses of the Platt Amendment were unpopular because Cubans wanted total freedom.

The Platt Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress that aimed to establish the conditions for the withdrawal of US troops left in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War. It also defined relations between Cuba and the United States for over thirty years, up until the 1934 Treaty of Relations.

With the Platt amendment in force, Roosevelt withdrew US troops from Cuba. This action was followed by public unrest and further proclamations in favor of annexation.

The Platt Amendment maintained Cuba as an American "protectorate" until 1933, when a popular movement led to power Fulgencio Batista, a soldier and dictator, who ruled Cuba twice, from 1933 to 1944, during which he exercised a strong and efficient government, and again after a coup d'etat from 1952 to 1959, backed by the United States, when he became dictator.