`Fidel Castro - Demo Day

Bay of Pigs Invasion

100

The invasion happened in this year.

1961

200

This event was a failed attempt to remove Fidel Castro from power in 1961.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

300

The Bay of Pigs invasion was supported by this country.

The United States

400

Most of the invaders were Cuban ___ who had fled the country.

Exiles

500

After the invasion failed, Cuba became closer allies with this country.

Soviet Union

Cuban Missile Crisis

100

This 1962 event brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis

200

The conflict involved three major leaders: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and this Cuban leader. Who was this cuban leader?

Fidel castro

300

This U.S. president demanded the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba

John F. Kennedy

400

Missiles placed in Cuba were dangerous because they could reach this country quickly.

United States

500

This was the main fear during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Nuclear War

Cuban Revolution

100

The Cuban Revolution officially ended in this year when Castro took control.

1959

200

Castro overthrew this Cuban dictator.

Fulgencio Batista

300

This famous revolutionary from Argentina helped Castro during the revolution.

Che Guevara

400

The revolution promised land and reform to these people.

Farmers and peasants.

500

Supporters see the Cuban Revolution as a fight for freedom, while critics see it as leading to this type of rule.

Dictatorship/Authoritarianism