Teller Amendment At the start of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. passed the Teller Amendment. It...

Teller Amendment

•At the start of the Spanish-American War, the U.S. passed the Teller Amendment.

•It said that once the war with Spain ended, the U.S. would NOT annex Cuba (take control of it).

•Instead, it said they would “leave control of the island to its people.

Platt Amendment• In 1901, the U.S. replaced the Teller

Amendment with the Platt Amendment

• It said the U.S. could interfere in Cuban affairs whenever it saw fit.

• Naval base at Guantanamo Bay established.

• In 1934 the US renounced the right to interfere in Cuba.

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McKinley Assassinated!

• In 1901, President McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist

• Theodore Roosevelt became president



Roosevelt and The Square Deal• “The Square Deal” was Roosevelts 1904

campaign slogan.



•It called for:–Limiting trusts (monopolies)–Promoting public health–Improving working condition

• One of TR’s greatest legacies is his work for environmental conservation.

• He saw how industry was using up natural resources and worked to protect them

• He doubled the number of national parks





Roosevelt Corollary• In 1904, President

Theodore Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

• It gave the U.S. the right to intervene in the Caribbean and Central American countries that were in debt.



•This was known as TR’s “Big Stick Policy”

• “If a nation…keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing in the Western Hemisphere may force the United States, however reluctantly, to the exercise of an international police force.”– President Theodore

Roosevelt



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