The Great Depression
This New Deal agency provided jobs for millions of unemployed Americans, focusing on public works projects.
WPA
This U.S. president described World War II as a fight to preserve the "Four Freedoms."
FDR
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism after World War II.
Containment
This Spanish general was nicknamed "The Butcher" for his reconcentration policies during the Cuban War of Independence.
Valeriano Weyler
This 1956 landing of Castro’s forces in eastern Cuba began the guerrilla phase of the revolution.
The Granma expedition
This 1933 legislation aimed to stabilize the banking system and restore public confidence after widespread bank failures.
The Emergency Banking Act
This government agency coordinated wartime production and ensured that industries supported the war effort.
War Industries Board
This conflict from 1950 to 1953 marked the first military engagement of the Cold War and divided a nation at the 38th parallel.
The Korean War
This conflict from 1868 to 1878 marked Cuba’s first major attempt to gain independence from Spain.
The Ten Year's War
This revolutionary group, led by Fidel Castro, was instrumental in overthrowing the Batista regime.
The 26 of July Movement
This New Deal program provided insurance for bank deposits to prevent future bank runs.
FDIC
This program mobilized African American communities to fight for democracy abroad and civil rights at home.
Double V Campaign
This crisis in 1948–1949 involved a Soviet blockade and an Allied airlift to provide supplies to a divided German city.
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
In his famous poem, José Martí cultivates this.
A White Rose
This Soviet leader agreed to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, escalating Cold War tensions.
Nikita Khrushchev
This environmental disaster in the 1930s worsened economic hardships for farmers in the Great Plains.
The Dust Bowl
This president argued that the U.S. entered World War I to "make the world safe for democracy."
Woodrow Wilson
This 1947 Congressional act investigated suspected communist influence in Hollywood, leading to blacklists.
HUAC
This event in Havana Harbor in 1898 provided the pretext for U.S. intervention in Cuba's fight for independence.
The Explosion of the USS Maine
This secret U.S. plan aimed to destabilize Castro’s regime through economic sabotage and propaganda.
Operation Mongoose
This act, passed in 1935, established unemployment insurance and pensions for the elderly as part of New Deal reforms.
The Socal Security Act
This 1941 act expanded democratic ideals by allowing the United States to supply Allied nations with resources before officially entering the war.
The Lend-Lease Act
This 1949 military alliance between the U.S. and Western Europe aimed to counter Soviet expansion.
NATO
This uprising in 1933 ended U.S. military control over Cuban governance and initiated a period of political reform.
Sergeants’ Revolt
This tactic employed by Castro’s forces in the Sierra Maestra mountains involved small-scale attacks and ambushes against Batista’s troops.
Guerrilla Warfare