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The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. couldn't annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people." Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado proposed the amendment to ensure that the United States wouldn't establish permanent control over Cuba following the cessation of hostilities with Spain. The McKinley administration wouldn't recognize belligerency or independence as it was unsure of the form an insurgency government might take. Without recognizing some government in Cuba, Congressmen feared McKinley was simply priming the island for annexation. The Teller clause stated that the United States "hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that's accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people." This therefore quelled any anxiety of annexation.
   The Senate passed the amendment, 42 to 35, on April 19, 1898, and the House concurred the same day, 311 to 6. President McKinley signed the joint resolution on April 20, 1898, and the ultimatum was forwarded to Spain.
   The war lasted from April 25 to August 12, 1898. It ended with the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result, Spain lost control over the remains of its overseas empire consisting of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine islands, Guam and other islands.
   After Spanish troops left the island in December 1898, the United States occupied Cuba until 1902, and as promised in the Teller Amendment didn't attempt to annex the island. However, under the Platt Amendment, crafted in 1901 by U.S. Secretary of War Elihu Root to replace the Teller Amendment, important decisions of the government of Cuba remained subject to override by the United States. This suzerainty bred resentment toward the U.S.

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