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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Platt Amendment, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the Platt Amendment with introductory material.
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University of Virginia

Medical History: Yellow Fever and Walter Reed

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs and documents from the University of Virginia's Hench-Reed Collection tell the story of the work done in Cuba at the turn of the 20th century toward finding the cause of Yellow Fever. Hyperlinks to additional information.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Platt Amendment (1903)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a copy of the Platt Amendment, written out in beautiful handwriting, which can be enlarged for easier viewing. In addiiton is a transcription of this document, and information about it. This was a document signed with Cuba after the...
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Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: Platt Amendment of 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
Stop here to read the full text of the Platt Amendment of 1903, which dealt with U.S. intervention in Cuba.
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San Diego State University

San Diego State University: The Teller Amendment, 1898 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the text of the Teller Amendment, which was passed to prohibit the annexation of Cuba by the United States.
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Library of Congress

Loc: World of 1898: The Spanish American War: Teller and Platt Amendments

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this site to read about the Teller Amendment and the subsequent Platt Amendment, which dealt with American control over Cuba after the Spanish-American War.
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Digital History

Digital History: The u.s., Cuba, and the Platt Amendment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After the SpanishAmerican War the American occupation of Cuba and the adoption of the Platt Amendment, which was forced upon the Cuban government when it formed its constitution, showed the signs of imperialism on the part of the United...
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Morgan James Lewis Writes Home About Cruise to Cuba: Orizaba

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter home written by Morgan James Lewis about his trip to Cuba aboard ORIZABA as part of General Shafter's Fifth Corps deployment during the Spanish-American War.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Charles Reynolds: Writes of Life With the Cuban Occupation Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter written by Charles Reynolds describes his life as a member of a regiment serving in the occupation forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: The Diary of Private William C. Kniffen

For Students 9th - 10th
Diary of Private William C. Kniffen describes life and actions during the Spanish-American War in Cuba.
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Patrick McSherry

Spanish American War Centennial: Captain John Travis: Writes Home of the Cuban Occupation

For Students 9th - 10th
Letter written to his mother by John Worsham Travis, Captain of Company K of the 4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry provides insight into the life of the occupation forces in Cuba.