Internal Opposition
What is a famous rebellion of internal opposition?
Escambray Rebellion
USA
Who did Cuba start trading with due to the US embargo?
Soviet Union
Cuban Missile Crisis or Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs (1961)
Which classes criticized Castro? (2 classes)
Wealthy middle class and elite
Was the Bay of Pigs a success or failure for Cuba?
Success
What business did Castro nationalize?
Possibly answers:
-Sugar
-oil
-banks
Castro banning all political parties (1960)
Which military governor resigned due to anti-communist leanings within the government?
Huber Matos
Why did Khrushchev decided to put missile in Cuba?
- convince the USA, Britain, and France to withdraw from West Berlin
- Discourage USA to invade Cuba (Big concern for Casto)
What movement did Castro support in Angola?
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
The resignation of Pedro Diaz Lanz or the resignation of President Urrutia
Resignation of Pedro Diaz Lanz
What policy did Castro denounce in 1968 and what actions did he take against the ones who did not follow?
peaceful coexistence
- arrested leaders who did not like his political moves
What did Operation Mongoose involve? (Give 2 examples)
Acceptable answers:
- sabotage of economic targets such as sugar plantations and petroleum installations
- diplomatic isolation of cuba
- trying to kill Castro
- aimed to remove the Cuba government
What was Angola’s Civil War nicknamed?
Cuba’s Vietnam
The Cuban Missile Crisis or the start of the Escambray rebellion
The start of the Escambray rebellion
Who was executed due to suspicion of working with CIA?
William Alexander Morgan (good fact for your essay)
He was mad :)
What were two impacts of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Possible answers:
- Cuba-Soviet relations improved
- Cuba became part of the Eastern Bloc
-Cuba military strengthened
-Castro viewed himself as a global revolutionary leader
-Castro was upset by Soviets betrayal
The expulsion of Cuba from OAS or the Bay of Pigs invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion