Platt Amendment Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Platt Amendment? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When the Platt Amendment says that "Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power" (I), what is the U.S. not allowing Cuba to create?
Any alliances
An economy
A military
A flag
Q. The second rule of the Platt Amendment says that Cuba "shall not assume or contract any public ________" (II).
Debt
Diseases
Naval bases
Sympathy
Q. The third rule of the Platt Amendment says that "the United States may exercise the right to intervene" (III) in order to protect what three values (that also happen to be in the U.S. Declaration of Independence)?
Life, property, liberty
Happiness, prosperity, comfort
Freedom, rights, democracy
Voting, protesting, parading
Q. The Platt Amendment's fifth rule talks about Cuba's need to focus on "the sanitation of the cities of the island" (V). What does this mean?
Keeping the cities clean
Keeping the cities pretty
Keeping the cities tourist-friendly
Keeping the cities well-lit
Q. The seventh and last rule of the Platt Amendment allows the U.S. to place two types of stations anywhere on Cuba. What are those types of stations?
Coaling and naval
Medical and pharmaceutical
Aid and water
Pokemarts and Pokegyms