LEADERS
Leader of Cuba before the revolution
Fulgencio Batista
Product that Eisenhower stopped importing from Cuba
Sugar (Sugar cane)
Economic theory where all property is publicly owned and divided equally by the government
Communism
How many men where left the ambush of the boat Granma
12 men
Government type where one person controls the government and there is limited citizen participation.
Autocracy
Leader of Cuba following the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
Name of the trade barrier placed on Cuba by the U.S. restricting all trade
embargo
How many miles or KM is Cuba from America?
90 miles or 145km
Fighting style used by Cuban soldiers during the revolution
Guerilla Warfare
Is an economic system that is focused on profit, and the major part of production is privately owned
Capitalism
U.S. President at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name of the location on which the revolutionaries take their name "January 26th movement"
Moncada Barracks
Name of the propaganda news paper ?
El Cubano Libre (the Free Cuban).
This put an end to the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista on Dec. 31, 1958.
The Battle of Santa Clara
Government type where citizens elect the legislature and the leader
Presidential Democracy
Title for the Head of State/ Head of State in Mexico, Brazil & Cuba
President
Name of the boat that the January 26th movement landed in Cuba on?
Granma
The majority of Cuba are a mix of native people and African slave descendants. Known as ...
"mestizos"
Operacion Verano (Operation Summer) began in what month and year
May 1958
Government type of Cuba
Autocracy/Dictatorship
The man that would die by the hands of the CIA and become a martyr and symbol for revolution
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Name of the base camp of Fidel and the rebels during the revolution ?
the Sierra Maestra Mountains
Name of the pirate radio station controlled by Fidel
Radio Rebelde ( Rebel Radio)
Coming down from the mountains Fidel began attacking towns and military points on the province of Oriente. Know as the ...
Castro Offensive
The ___ ____laid down eight conditions to which the Cuban Government had to agree before the withdrawal of U.S. forces and the transfer of sovereignty would begin.
Platt Amendment, 1901