The Teller Amendment:
A) called for Cuban self-government.
B) called for the annexation of Cuba.
C) required Spain to give the United States Puerto Rico as a condition of peace.
D) was strongly supported by most imperialists.

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The Teller Amendment, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1898, declared that the United States had no intention of taking over Cuba and that Cuba should be allowed to govern itself. This was in the context of the Spanish-American War, where the U.S. intervened in support of Cuban independence from Spain.