U.S. Military Government in Cuba

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The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf interim government
military occupation administration
aimedAt preparing Cuba for nominal independence
appliesToEvent Spanish–American War
appliesToPeriod post–Spanish–American War transition
appliesToTerritorialExtent entire island of Cuba except Guantánamo Bay after its lease
capital Havana
commanderInChief President Theodore Roosevelt
President William McKinley
countryGoverned Cuba
currency Cuban peso
United States dollar
dateOfTransferOfPower 1902-05-20
endTime 1902-05-20
followedBy Republic of Cuba
follows Spanish colonial administration in Cuba
governedFrom Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, Havana
grantedIndependenceTo Republic of Cuba
hasPolicy creation of Cuban national police force
fiscal and customs reforms
infrastructure development and road building
public health reform in Cuba
reform of Cuban judicial system
reform of Cuban tax system
reorganization of Cuban education system
reorganization of municipal and provincial governments
sanitation and yellow fever control measures
headOfGovernment John R. Brooke
Leonard Wood
imposedCondition acceptance of Platt Amendment by Cuba
legalBasis Joint Resolution of Congress for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba (1898)
Treaty of Paris (1898)
militaryBranch United States Army
natureOfControl de facto sovereignty by the United States over Cuba
occupyingPower United States
officialLanguage English
Spanish
partOf United States occupation of Cuba
relatedTo U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands
U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico
significantEvent incorporation of the Platt Amendment into Cuban Constitution
organization of Cuban constitutional convention (1900)
promulgation of the Cuban Constitution of 1901
supervision of elections for Cuban constitutional assembly
startTime 1898-07-18
statusOfCuba not formally annexed by the United States
protectorate-like relationship after independence via Platt Amendment

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ("United States military government in Cuba")
Cuban War of Independence
followedBy
Siege of Santiago ("U.S. occupation of Santiago de Cuba")
outcome
U.S. Military Government in Cuba ("United States occupation of Cuba")
partOf
Platt Amendment ("U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1898–1902)")
relatedToEvent

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