...jurisdiction, or control" over Cuba, once its residents gained independence, and in expressing US determination "to leave the government and control of the Island to its people," rebuffed the advocates of outright American annexation of Cuba. The congressional war hawks finally...

...through expansion. He began by discussing Cuban affairs. After quoting the Teller Amendment's pledge to leave the "government and control of the island to its people," McRinley described how the United States was preparing the Cubans to assume that role. He continued,...

...Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the Island to its people." 178 What 'sa Cuba libre ? Cuba libre means literally "free Cuba" and is a phrase taken from the nineteenth-century...

...Island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the Island to its people." Congress passed the Teller Amendment, establishing that the United States went to war with Spain in...