Compare and contrast the Teller Amendment and the Platt Amendment. Exp

Compare and contrast the Teller Amendment and the Platt Amendment. Explain the transformation in American thinking that occurred between the passage of the two amendments.

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
The Teller Amendment, which eschewed U.S. annexation of Cuba when the Spanish-American War began, was an expression of humanitarian concern for the safety of the Cuban people and their right to independence from Spain.
The Platt Amendment was an effort to take advantage of America’s success in the Spanish-American War by making Cuba a virtual protectorate of the United States. The Teller Amendment was idealistically motivated, the Platt Amendment was imperialistically motivated.