Cuban Politics
Which country provided assistance to Fidel's Cuba?
U.S.S.R.
What was old Miami nickednamed?
Little Havana
Who was the first US president to visit Cuba after Fidel's revolution.
Barack Obama
How might you describe the first migrants to leave Cuba
Wealthy Cubans
What is Cuban's national sport?
Baseball
Who ruled Cuba prior to the 20th Century?
Spain
Which city hosts the largest cultural enclave of Cubans
Miami
Prohibition in the USA, or the ban of alcohol sales, did what for the Cuban economy
Helped it to grow (prosper)
In the last wave of migration, post 1990, how were most Cubans arriving to the USA?
On makeshift rafts
What's Cuba's National Dish?
Ropa Vieja
What was the name of the Cuban President that Fidel Castro ousted?
Fulgencio Batista
How did the US government assist newly arrived Cuban migrants.
They received a monthly payment similar to a welfare check.
Why was the USA initially interested in Cuba?
Agricultural (Sugar and tobacco) production
Why weren't Cuba's poor amongst the first waves of migration to the USA?
Fidel's promised redistribution of resources most benefitted this social class.
What did Fidel help to make a symbol of the Cuba (or the Cuban revolution?)
Were national elections ever held under Fidel's reign?
No - Cuba was a one-party state
When newly arrived Cuban Americans didn't have enough money, how would they pay eachother for services.
They would barter (services).
Which US president first imposed an embargo on Cuba?
President John F Kennedy
The Mariel Boat Lift in 1980 welcomed more than 100,000 Cuban immigrants to the USA until Fidel did what?
Released prisoners and mentally unhealthy individuals.
Prior to 2022, what couldn't a USA citizen do in Cuba?
Vacation in Cuba
Who took over control of the communist party when Fidel Castro stepped down in 2008.
Raul Castro (his brother)
What is one of the most influential factors causing Cubans to settle in Miami.
Proximity (or distance) to Cuba
What is the wet foot, dry foot policy?
If a Cuban migrant was apprehended on land (dry foot) they could stay in USA, otherwise they were sent back to Cuba.
Between 1965 and 1973, Cubans could travel to the USA on Freedom flight which were US government sponsored flights to leave Cuba. Why was the US being so generous with Cubans?
They wanted to destabilize Fidel's government.
What did the Cuban people call Fidel Castro
El Comandante