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Who was Cuba's primary trading partner?
A: USA
B: Mexico
C: Guatemala
D: Soviet Union
What was the purpose of the US trade embargo?
A: Increase trading between the US and Cuba
B: Prohibited trade between US and Cuba
C: US could only trade with Mexico
D: Cuba could only trade with US
What was exchanged between the USSR and Cuba?
A: Cuba traded cars for soldiers
B: Cuba traded sugar for oil and weapons
C: Cuba traded cars for Russian women
D: Cuba traded sugar for cars
What did the Platt Amendment give the US the right to do?
A: Take Cuba's weapons away
B: Overthrow Castro
C: Intervene Cuba militarily whenever they wanted to
D: Kill Castro's soldiers
What did Cuba depend on during the Cold War?
A: Che Guevara
B: Support from other countries
C: Soviet market and military aid
D: M-26-7
What happened to the Cuban politicians that did not support US economic policies?
A: Became imprisoned in the US
B: Were killed
C: Deported from Cuba
D: Unable to gain power/removed from office
What did Castro talk about during his trip to Moscow?
A: Trash about the US
B: Soviet agriculture
C: Waging war against the US
D: Siding with Che Guevara
Why were the Soviet Union missiles in Cuba a problem for the US?
A: Missiles were within a 90 mile radius of Florida's coast
B: US thought the missiles were going to go off
C: US didn't have any back up
D: USSR missiles caused Americans to become intimidated
What did the USSR cause Cuba to become?
A: Capitalist
B: Socialist
C: Communist
D: American
What did the US trade embargo do for Cuba?
A: Make them poor
B: Make them a better country
C: Worsen its economic and humanitarian crisis
D: Turned them into a smaller version of the US