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Platt Amendment
(1901) Rider appended to a U.S. Army appropriations bill stipulating conditions for withdrawing of U.S. troops remaining in Cuba after the Spanish-American War. The amendment, which was added to the Cuban constitution of 1901, affected Cuba's rights to negotiate treaties and permitted the U.S. to maintain its naval base at Guantánamo Bay and to intervene in Cuban affairs "for the preservation of Cuban independence." In 1934 Pres. Franklin Roosevelt supported abrogation of the amendment's provisions except for U.S. rights to the naval base. See also Good Neighbor Policy
platt national park
a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs
lemon platt
Lemon-tasting sweets
Orville Hitchcock Platt
born July 19, 1827, Washington, Conn., U.S. died April 21, 1905, Washington U.S. politician. He served in the Connecticut legislature (1861-62, 1864, 1869) and later in the U.S. Senate (1879-1905), where he sponsored legislation concerning patents and copyrights. He was chairman of the committee on territories (1887-93), which recommended admission of six new western states. He is remembered for sponsoring the Platt Amendment (1901), which became the basis for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Cuba following the Spanish-American War of 1898