During the U.S. occupation, General Wood empowered wealthy Spanish and Criollo elites by
A) limiting suffrage to literate adult males with property worth $250.
B) requiring incorporation of the Platt Amendment as a precondition for U.S. withdrawal.
C) reconstructing the Cuban national educational system according to U.S. models.
D) building a sanitation system that reduced mosquito infestations and eliminated yellow fever.

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General Wood empowered wealthy Spanish and Criollo elites by limiting suffrage to literate adult males with property worth $250, which effectively restricted political power to the wealthier classes.