What was the Platt Amendment of 1901 that Root helped design related to?
Education reform
Colonial administration
Tax reform
Defence modernization
Answer
Colonial administration was a system of government in which a colony was ruled by a foreign power. The Platt Amendment was a set of conditions that the United States imposed on Cuba after the Spanish-American War. It gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuba's affairs, to control its foreign relations, and to lease naval bases in Cuba.
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