The amendment conditioned U.S. withdrawal of troops, shaped U.S.–Cuban relations for decades, and provided the legal basis for a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
On March 2, 1901, the U.S. Congress approved the Platt Amendment, a set of conditions limiting Cuba's treaty-making and debt and authorizing U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs.
The amendment conditioned U.S. withdrawal of troops, shaped U.S.–Cuban relations for decades, and provided the legal basis for a U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
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