AC-Columbian Exchange -Cuban Revolution-Issues in LA

This man was the ruler of Cuba before the revolution, he was originally elected as president then made himself dictator

• Castro

• Batista

• Kennedy

• Khrushchev

What form of government did Fidel Castro immediately force upon Cuba in 1959?

• Oligarchy

• Socialism

• Communism

• Democracy

What did the United States do to Cuba when Cuba's government became communist and American businesses were seized (taken) by the Cuban government ?

• Put a quota on goods from Cuba

• Imposed an embargo on Cuba

• Installed missiles in Florida facing Cuba

• Assassinated Fidel Castro

What type of economic system did Cuba establish after the Cuban Revolution?

• a traditional economic system

• mixed-market economic system

• market economic system

• command economic system

Who defeated Batista's government to become dictator of Cuba in 1959? 

• Miguel Hidalgo
• Raul Castro
• Fidel Castro
• John F. Kennedy

Which event happened FIRST?

A. US cut all ties with Cuba

B. Castro took over

C. Batista was a corrupt dictator

D. Cuban Missile Crisis occurred

• A. US cut all ties with Cuba

• B. Castro made Cuba a communist country

• C. Batista was a corrupt dictator

• D. Cuban Missile Crisis occurred

What is an embargo?

• A tax on imports which raises the price of goods

• A limit on the number of goods that can be imported into a country

• When one country stops trading with another country in order to put pressure on their government.

• When the government tells businesses what and how much to produce.

Who supported Cuba when they became communist?

• United States

• Europe

• Soviet Union

• Canada

What is a problem that Cuban citizens have had under Castro's leadership?

• many are uneducated

• many are homeless

• many are poor

• many are unemployed

Which of the following ways is NOT a way Castro changed Cuba?

• Increased healthcare

• Increased literacy rates

• Made it communist with a mixed market economy

• Made it communist with a command economy

• took away personal freedoms of people