This was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 19, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. could not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people." It remained in force until 1899, when the Platt Amendment was passed.
What will be an ideal response?
Teller Amendment
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a) Whites represent the master race. b) Slavery should be abolished. c) The planter elite should rule. d) The few should control all the wealth.
Which of these was an independent state in Mexico during Aztec rule?
A) Tlaxcala B) Tenochtitlan C) Mexica D) Huari
The "associative state" that President Hoover proposed relied on:
A) an aggressive overseas expansion of business. B) union, government, and business cooperation. C) voluntary collaboration between business, consumers, farmers, and workers. D) turning government programs over to private associations.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, and Sarah Grimke all shared an opposition to what?
a. women's suffrage b. slavery c. industrialization d. protectionism e. war