The Teller Amendment Stated That

Teller Amendment
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Long title	Joint Resolution For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, enervating that the Government of Spain relinquish its potency and authorities in the Island of Republic of cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Republic of cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect.
Enacted by	the 55th United States Congress
Effective	Apr 20, 1898
Statutes at Large	thirty Stat. 738, Resolution 24
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.J.Res. 233 past Henry M. Teller (R-CO) Passed the House on April 13, 1898 (324-nineteen) Passed the Senate on April 16, 1898 (51-37, in lieu of S.J.Res. 149) Reported by the articulation conference committee on April 18, 1898; agreed to past the House on April xviii, 1898 (311-half-dozen) and by the Senate on April xviii, 1898 (42-35) Signed into police force by President William McKinley on April xx, 1898

The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the U.s. Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's State of war Message. It placed a condition on the The states military machine's presence in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.South. could not annex Cuba but just leave "control of the island to its people." In brusque, the U.South. would help Cuba proceeds independence and then withdraw all its troops from the country.

McKinley's war bulletin [edit]

In the political atmosphere in the U.S. growing out of the Cuban struggle for independence, and following on the February 15, 1898, sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor President William McKinley, on eleven Apr 1898, asked the Congress,

... to qualify and empower the President to have measures to secure a full and terminal termination of hostilities betwixt the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to ensure in the island the establishment of a stable authorities, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, ensuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens likewise every bit our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes.^[one] ^[two]

Congressional response [edit]

Congress debated a articulation resolution in response to the president's request for a week. In nearly-last course, its iii parts constituted:

[a] joint resolution for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its potency and government in the Isle of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the Usa to use the country and naval forces of the The states to carry these resolutions into outcome.

— Congressional Record p. 4062^[3]

The Teller Amendment [edit]

Senator Henry M. Teller, a Republican from Colorado (who had switched parties afterwards leading a revolt against the dominant gilt-favoring party wing at the 1896 Republican National Convention) proposed the amendment to ensure that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba post-obit the cessation of hostilities with Espana. The Republican McKinley administration would not recognize belligerency or independence as it was unsure of the class an insurgency government might accept. Without recognizing some government in Cuba, Congressmen feared McKinley was simply priming the island for looting. The Teller clause quelled any anxiety of annexation past stating that the United States

... hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or command over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to get out the government and control of the island to its people.^[3]

The proposed subpoena gained support from several forces:

... those who opposed annexing territory containing big numbers of blacks and Catholics, those who sincerely supported Cuban independence, and representatives of the domestic sugar business concern, including sponsor Senator Henry Teller of Colorado, who feared Cuban competition. ^[four]

(A pregnant import tariff on strange sugar would exist removed should Republic of cuba be annexed.)

The Senate passed the subpoena by vocalization vote,^[v] then passed the amended version of the resolution 42 to 35, on April 19, 1898, and the House concurred the aforementioned twenty-four hour period, 311 to 6. President McKinley signed the articulation resolution on Apr twenty, 1898, and the ultimatum was forwarded to Spain.

The Castilian–American War lasted from Apr 25 to August 12, 1898, and it ended with the Treaty of Paris on December x, 1898. Equally a result, Spain lost control over the remains of its overseas empire consisting of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine islands, Guam and other islands.

Afterward Spanish troops left the island in Dec 1898, the The states occupied Cuba until 1902, and every bit promised in the Teller Subpoena did not try to annex the island. Nevertheless, under the Platt Amendment, crafted in 1901 past U.South. Secretary of War Elihu Root to replace the Teller Amendment, important decisions of the government of Cuba remained subject to override past the United states of america. This suzerainty bred resentment toward the U.S.

According to Gregory Weeks, author of U.S. and Latin American Relations (Peason, 2008, p. 56), "The Teller Amendment, authored past a Colorado Senator who wanted to make sure that Cuba's sugar would non compete with his country's crop of beet sugar, prohibited the president annexing Cuba."

Run across also [edit]

Monroe Doctrine
Cuba–United States relations
History of Republic of cuba
Sphere of influence
Spanish–American State of war
Protectorate
Imperialism
Platt Amendment

References [edit]

^ William McKinley: War Message, Mount Holyoke Higher.
^ Beede, Benjamin R. (1994), "The War of 1898, and U.S. Interventions, 1898–1934: An Encyclopedia", Military History of the United States; v. 2. Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 933, Taylor & Francis, pp. 119–121, ISBN978-0-8240-5624-7.
^ ^a ^b Beede 1994, p. 120.
^ Herring, George C. (2008), From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Strange Relations since 1776, Oxford University Press, ISBN978-0199765539
^ Sheehan, John M. (September 2013). Imperial senate: American Legislative Debates on Empire, 1898-1917 (Dissertation). Naval Postgraduate School.

External links [edit]

"H.J. Res. 233, Teller Amendment, April xvi, 1898". Exhibitions ~ Legislative Highlights. Washington, D.C.: United states Capitol Visitor Centre.
"The House Recognition of Cuban Independence from Spain, Apr 18, 1898 – Apr xix, 1898". Office of Art & Athenaeum ~ Office of the Historian. Washington, D.C.: Historian of the Usa House of Representatives.
Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William McKinley: "Bulletin to the Senate Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Land on the Situation in Cuba" April 11, 1898". The American Presidency Projection. University of California - Santa Barbara.
Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William McKinley: "Annunciation 411 - Blockade of Cuba" April 22, 1898". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "William McKinley: "Message to Congress on Relations With Kingdom of spain" April 25, 1898". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
"Declaration of War confronting Spain, April 25, 1898". Exhibitions ~ Legislative Highlights. Washington, D.C.: United states Capitol Visitor Middle.
"The Spanish-American War". Exhibitions ~ Congress & Progressive Era. Washington, D.C.: United States Capitol Company Center.