SS6H1c & d

Who ruled Cuba before Fidel Castro overthrew them?

• General Fulgencio Batista
• Ms. C
• Christopher Columbus
• Raul Castro

What form of government did Fidel Castro immediately force upon Cuba?

• Communism
• Archaism
• Theolism
• Democracy

Why did the U.S. originally support Castro and his men?

• Castro agreed to sign a peace treaty with the U.S.
• Castro agreed to form an alliance with the U.S.
• Castro promised to increase trade Cuba and the U.S.
• he promised to make Cuba a democracy

Why did many Cubans leave Cuba to come to America?

• The cost of living was to expensive
• Castro would not allow many freedoms
• America offered these people money to flee Cuba

Which of the following describes Cuba when Batista was the dictator?

• small class of rich Cubans with all the power with the majority of people poor with no power: dictatorship
• people happy willing to die for their home country of Cuba: nationalism
• disease plagued with epidemics killing majority of the population

What did the United States do to Cuba after it became communist?

• put a quota on goods from Cuba

• imposed an embargo on Cuba

• installed missiles in Florida facing Cuba

• assassinated Fidel Castro

What country owned a lot of the land in Cuba BEFORE the revolution?

• Mexico

• Canada

• United States

• Peru

What did Fidel Castro do with the land owned by the USA during the revolution?

• He allowed US companies to keep their land & businesses

• He took their land & businesses and gave them to the Cuban government

What three things led Cubans to be unhappy and want a revolution?

• Poor education, bad healthcare, the rich had all the power

• Whites had all the power, poor education, dirty water

What is poverty

• not having an Iphone 6

• not having food, water, jobs, or a home