Answer: The significance of the Platt Amendment was that it established the terms under which the U.S. would end its military occupation of Cuba (which had begun in 1898 during the Spanish-American War) and "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people."The Platt Amendment stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of the establishing naval bases (the main one was Guantánamo Bay) and coaling stations in Cuba.
President Truman did not make the right choice regarding the atomic bomb droppings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Truman had the right to use the bombs but only after he gave the Japanese a chance at surrender and even then he should have only used one in the most extreme case.
