Historical Context of Cuba
After Christopher Columbus mistakenly landed in Cuba in 1492, this colonial power colonized the island.
What is Spain?
Over-reliance on this crop created a monoculture economy in Cuba.
What is sugarcane?
The Batista regime's excessive use of this drew public criticism and created martyrs for the Cuban Revolution.
What is force?
This is how Castro dealt with members of Batista's regime after he came into power.
What is he imprisoned and/or executed them?
Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, Cuba grew increasingly economically dependent on this place.
What is the Soviet Union?
This Amendment, passed in 1901, granted the U.S. the right to intervene extensively in Cuba's domestic and foreign affairs.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This country dominated Cuba's economy in the 1950s, providing 75% of Cuba's imports and receiving 65% of Cuba's exports.
What is the United States?
This assault, which occurred on July 26, 1953, kicked off the fighting of the Cuban Revolution.
What is the Moncada Barracks assault?
This is the name of the reform Castro introduced to redistribute land throughout Cuba
What is agrarian reform?
This is the name for the period of immense struggle that Cubans endured after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
What is the Special Period?
The U.S. helped fight for Cuban independence during this war.
The Spanish-American War
These are two examples of the corruption of Fulgencio Batista's regime.
Example response: What is Batista did not hold elections and used excessive force?
Castro gave this famous speech in his defense during his trial in 1953.
What is "History Will Absolve Me?"
Castro launched this education reform in 1961
What is the literacy campaign?
This is the real reason, many people claim, why Castro passed the "Family Code" and supported women in the Revolution.
What is he needed more women to work?
This was the year Cuba won its war of independence.
What is 1898?
These are two examples of the inequalities that existed between rural and urban areas in Cuba in the 1950s.
What is rural areas had less doctors and lower rates of literacy.
This famous expedition marked Castro's return to Cuba in 1956 after being in exile in Mexico.
What is the Granma Expedition?
This is how the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 affected Castro's power?
What is it increased Castro's power, as the U.S. looked foolish and incompetent?
This event involved the arrest and torture of a counter-revolutionary poet and led to the Grey Period in Cuba.
What is the Padilla Affair?
This Cuban nationalist, poet, and philosopher played a critical role in Cuba's liberation from Spain and was viewed by Castro as an inspiration.
Who is José Martí?
This group dominated tourism in Cuba in the 1950s, leading Havana to become known as "the Las Vegas of Latin America."
What is the American mafia?
During this final stage of the Cuban Revolution, a combination of guerilla-style warfare, the use of propaganda, and "sabotage and terror" helped Castro's side achieve victory.
What is the Sierra Maestra campaign?
The PCC (Cuban Communist Party) was officially established in this year.
What is 1965?
This document established the Cuban Communist Party as the only legal political party in the country, making Cuba a one-party state.
What is the 1976 Constitution?