History of Cuba

History of Cuba

Learning Target

• I can describe the current relationship between Cuba and the United States.

Success Criteria

•  Identify Cuba on a map.

• Identify Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, and John F. Kennedy.

• Define Cuban Revolution. 

• Explain the impact of the Cuban Revolution.

• Explain why the U.S.A placed a trade embargo on Cuba.

John F. Kennedy

President of the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Fidel Castro

Led the Cuban Revolution and became the dictator of Cuba

Nikita Khrushchev

Dictator of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis (Berlin Wall goes up)

Cuban Revolution

• In 1959, Fidel Castro succeeded in overthrowing Fulgencio Batista, who was the dictator at the time

• Castro made himself the dictator of Cuba

Fidel Castro is front and center after his successful overthrowing of the Cuban government

Multiple Choice

When Fidel Castro overthrew the Cuban president and became dictator of Cuba it was known as the

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Revolution

• World War II

Bay of Pigs

• Unsuccessful in 1961 invasion of Cuba that was backed by the United States government (J.F.K)

Cuban Missile Crisis

• Dangerous confrontation in 1962 between the USA and the Soviet Union that could have resulted in a nuclear war.

• Soviet Union built nuclear launch pads in Cuba.

• J.F.K diffused the situation.

Who's going to press their missile first?? Khrushchev (Soviet Union) or Kennedy (USA)

Look at the places that would've been hit if Cuba had set off it's nuclear missile!

Multiple Choice

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President ____ and Soviet leader ____ almost took the world into a nuclear war.

• Carter, Brezhnev

• Reagan, Gorbachev

• Johnson, Khrushchev

• Kennedy, Khrushchev

Multiple Choice

Which country helped Fidel Castro build Cuba into a communist country?

• Mexico

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Venezuela

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