U.S. Military Government in Cuba

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interim government military occupation administration

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.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
United States military government in Cuba 3
American military government in Cuba 1
U.S. Military Government in Cuba canonical 1

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, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana
commanderInChief Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: President Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley ⓘ
surface form: President William McKinley
countryGoverned Cuba ⓘ
currency Cuban peso ⓘ
US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
dateOfTransferOfPower 1902-05-20 ⓘ
endTime 1902-05-20 ⓘ
followedBy Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cuba
follows Spanish colonial administration in Cuba ⓘ
governedFrom Palacio de los Capitanes Generales ⓘ
surface form: Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, Havana
grantedIndependenceTo Cuba ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
partOf U.S. Military Government in Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States occupation of Cuba
relatedTo U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ
Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
surface form: 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 (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cuban War of Independence → followedBy → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
Siege of Santiago → outcome → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. occupation of Santiago de Cuba
U.S. Military Government in Cuba → partOf → U.S. Military Government in Cuba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States occupation of Cuba
Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War → followedBy → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military government in Cuba
Platt Amendment → relatedToEvent → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1898–1902)
Provisional Governor of Cuba → isPartOf → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military government in Cuba
Leonard Wood → partOf → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military government in Cuba
John R. Brooke → notableWork → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: American military government in Cuba
John R. Brooke → partOf → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States military government in Cuba
Cuban Constitution of 1901 → historicalContext → U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1899–1902)