Platt Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:allows U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States–Cuba_relations
gptkb:History_of_Cuba
1901 in American law
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1901
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Platt Amendment
gptkbp:includedIn gptkb:Cuban_Constitution_of_1901
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Orville_H._Platt
gptkbp:prohibits Cuba from signing treaties with other nations without U.S. approval
Cuba from incurring excessive public debt
Cuban sovereignty
gptkbp:purpose to define U.S.-Cuba relations after the Spanish–American War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Treaty_of_Relations_(1934)
1934
gptkbp:requires Cuba to lease Guantanamo Bay to the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cuban_government_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6