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“In [February 25] 1901, Secretary of War Elihu Root drafted a set of articles as guidelines for future United States\u2013Cuban relations. This set of articles became known as the Platt Amendment, after Senator Orville Platt of Connecticut, who presented it. Platt, 1827\u20131905, was a U.S. Senator from 1879 to 1905 and influenced the decision to annex Hawaii and occupy the Philippines. He sponsored this amendment as a rider attached to the Army Appropriations Bill of 1901.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Platt Amendment (1903),” OurDocuments.gov<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In [February 25] 1901, Secretary of War Elihu Root drafted a set of articles as guidelines for future United States\u2013Cuban relations. This set of articles became known as the Platt Amendment, after Senator Orville Platt of Connecticut, who presented it. Platt, 1827\u20131905, was a U.S. Senator from 1879 to 1905 and influenced the decision to […]<\/p>\n

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