AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Platt Amendment, Big Country, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
29 Sep 2018
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America moves in to fight aguinaldo and his rebels. 200,000 filipinos, about 80% of them were civilians. Aguinaldo declares submission to the americans (april 1 1901) Americans were celebrating greatly 4200 casualties in such a big country doesn"t impact them. Very little reporting and cover ups on enemy casualties. Both cuba and the philippines were forced to sign onto not going to the world court to protest war crimes forced to sign or americans refused to give them independence. Robert e. lee"s nephew was a general in cuba fitz hugh lee. Disproportionate number of american military were southerners. The south wanted to belong again by 1890"s, the south was keen to be in the. America will not leave until cuba writes a constitution. The constitution will be controlled by washington. Writes an amendment that america should not leave cuba until cubans create a constitution and agree to 7 points. Cuba desperately wants america out so they will sign.
