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On Oct. 27, 1492, this explorer landed in Cuba.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
U.S. military base on Cuba
What is Guantanamo Bay?
100
1961 failed CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
100
Two undesirable groups that Castro allowed to leave during the Mariel Boatlift
What are prisoners and patients from mental institutions?
100
1994 policy allowing Cubans, who make it to U.S. soil, to stay in the U.S.
What is the Wet Foot/ Dry Foot Policy?
200
Two groups of indigenous people from Pre-Columbian society
What is Tainos and Caribs?
200

Document that gave the U.S. authority to intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent government in Cuba

What is the Platt Amendment of 1903.

200
Two groups of people who left Cuba during the 1959 elite emigration
What are supporters of Batista and wealthy people?
200
Embassy in Havana that Cubans moved onto in April 1980
What is the Peruvian Embassy?
200
The collapse of this country in 1989-1990 put Cuba into a dire economic situation
What is the Soviet Union?
300

Current president of Cuba

Who is Miguel Diaz-Canal??

300
Cuban leader who, in 1933, led non-commissioned officers in a rebellion against dictator Gerardo Machado
Who is Fulgencio Batista?
300
Person who organized the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks
Who is Fidel Castro?
300
Name for Cubans who came to the U.S. during the Mariel Boatlift
What is Marielitos?
300
1994 # of Cubans allowed to enter the U.S. annually
What is 20,000?
400
The 10 Years War called for an end to what?
What is slavery?
400
Year in which Batista was elected president of Cuba
What is 1940?
400
From December 1960- October 1962, thousands of Cuban children were sent to the U.S. during this
What is Operation Peter Pan?
400
Term for Cubans secretively leaving Cuba for the U.S.
What is clandestine emigration?
400
1992 U.S. act that tightened the embargo against Cuba
What is the Cuban Democracy Act?
500

The sinking of this ship in Havana Harbor led the U.S. to declare war on Spain

What is the U.S.S. Maine?

500
How Batista took control of the government in 1952
What is a coup d’etat?
500
1961 U.S. government program that provided Cuban refugees with monthly relief checks, health services, and job training
What is the Cuban Refugee Program?
500
U.S.-sponsored radio broadcast aimed at providing Cubans with information from outside of Cuba
What is Radio Marti?
500

When under Spanish rule, this group of people was at the top of the social hierarchy in Cuba.

What are peninsulares?