Teller Amendment

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United States congressional amendment legislative provision

The Teller Amendment was a 1898 U.S. congressional provision declaring that the United States would not annex Cuba following the Spanish–American War, affirming Cuban self-determination.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Teller Amendment canonical	1
Teller Amendment disclaimer of U.S. intention to annex Cuba	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional amendment ⓘ legislative provision ⓘ
appliesDuring	Spanish–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology	anti-imperialism ⓘ self-determination ⓘ
chamber	United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	status of Cuba after the war with Spain ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1898 ⓘ
declares	that the United States has no intention to exercise sovereignty over Cuba ⓘ that the United States will leave the government and control of Cuba to its people ⓘ
followedBy	Platt Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	Cuba became formally independent rather than annexed by the United States ⓘ limited U.S. options for permanent territorial acquisition of Cuba ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted at the outset of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	prohibited formal annexation of Cuba by the United States at the end of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
legalForm	amendment to a joint resolution ⓘ
legalStatus	enacted ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
motivatedBy	concerns about U.S. imperialism ⓘ domestic political opposition to annexing Cuba ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry M. Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	some expansionists in the United States ⓘ
partOf	declaration of war against Spain ⓘ joint resolution of Congress ⓘ
placeOfEffect	Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedConcept	national independence ⓘ protectorate ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ
relatedTo	Platt Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedToEvent	Spanish–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor	Henry M. Teller NERFINISHED ⓘ
statedPurpose	to affirm Cuban self-determination ⓘ to assure Cuban independence after the Spanish–American War ⓘ to declare that the United States would not annex Cuba ⓘ
subjectOf	United States constitutional and legal scholarship ⓘ historical analysis of U.S. imperialism ⓘ
topic	Cuban independence ⓘ U.S. foreign policy ⓘ anti-annexation policy ⓘ
typeOfGuarantee	non-annexation guarantee ⓘ
year	1898 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Joint Resolution of Congress for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba (1898) → relatedTo → Teller Amendment ⓘ

Joint Resolution of Congress for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba (1898) → contains → Teller Amendment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teller Amendment disclaimer of U.S. intention to annex Cuba