<P> On May 29, 1934, the United States and Cuba signed the 1934 Treaty of Relations that in its first article abrogates the 1903 Treaty of Relations . </P> <P> During the Spanish--American War, the United States maintained a large military arsenal in Cuba to protect U.S. holdings and to mediate Spanish--Cuban relations . In 1899, the McKinley administration settled on occupation as its response to the appearance of a revolutionary government in Cuba following the end of Spanish control . </P> <P> In an effort to turn Cuba into a "self - governing colony", the United States established The Platt Amendment to maintain public order . The Platt Amendment was also an addition to the earlier Teller Amendment . American General Leonard Wood used the financial resources of the Cuban treasury to create sanitation systems . A handful of civil rights, including the right to vote, were extended to literate, adult, male Cubans with property worth $250 or more, largely resulting in exclusion of the Afro - Cuban population and women from participation . </P> <P> The Platt Amendment was introduced to Congress by Senator Orville H. Platt on February 25, 1901 . It passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 43 to 20 . Though initially rejected by the Cuban assembly, the amendment was eventually accepted by a vote of 16 to 11 with four abstentions and integrated into the 1901 Cuban Constitution . </P>

List two rights that the united states had in cuba as stated in the platt amendment