s, namely the Protectorate Era from 1898-1933; the
             Good Neighbor Policy from 1933-1953, the Cold War period from 1953-1990,
             and the post-Cold War era or the present time.
             During the Protectorate Era, two Congressional amendments were passed
             within a period of three years. The first was the Teller Amendment to the
             Declaration of War against Spain in 1898, which was evidence that US
             motives were purer than the motives of Europe over the Caribbean Basin. The
             amendment meant that the US would not acquire Cuba, the grand prize of the
             war, an act that displayed self-denial. The second amendment was the Platt
             Amendment, passed in 1901, granting the US the right to intervene in Cuba's
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