Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment see Platt, Orville Hitchcock .
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/22/2001; 331 words
; ...relinquished all claims to Cuba. A Connecticut senator named Orville Hitchcock Platt, who had played an influential role in the US annexation...the occupation of the Philippines, introduced the Platt Amendment in Congress. This was a rider attached...
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Orville Hitchcock Platt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Orville Hitchcock Platt 1827-1905, U.S. Senator (1879...Washington, Litchfield co., Conn. Platt held many public offices in Connecticut...and attempts to regulate big business. Platt was influential in the annexation of...
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Platt Amendment
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PLATT AMENDMENT PLATT AMENDMENT, a rider attached to the army appropriations bill of...relations. Congress passed the amendment, sponsored by Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt of Connecticut, in an attempt to address the relations between...
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Elihu Root
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the areas acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War and was largely responsible for the Platt Amendment (see under Platt, Orville Hitchcock ) regarding Cuba. He also fostered the establishment of civilian governments in Puerto Rico and...
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