Cuban Revolution and Beyond

Cuba suffered from 2 military coups in the 1950's. Both resulted in a dictator taking power and neither was especially good for the people of Cuba.

• True

• False

This former president of Cuba, ________ took over power in 1952, but was overthrown by _______ just a few years later in 1959.

• Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro

• Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev

• Fulgencio Batista, Nikita Khrushchev

Initially people were very excited that Castro had won the revolution because they were desperate for change.

• True

• False

Castro promised the Cuban people the following things when he took over:

• Freedom of the Press

• Democratic Elections

• Land for the Peasants

• Communism

What style of government did Fidel Castro establish in Cuba within a few years of winning the revolution?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Communist Dictatorship

• Absolute Monarchy

What happened to people who questioned Castro's decisions about Cuba's government and economy?

• Nothing, Freedom of the Press is a right of the people

• They would have faced a fair trial for the crime of questioning their leader

• They would face execution or long imprisonment

• They would have been asked to leave

When Castro decided to make Cuba a communist country which country became a close ally.

• United States

• Mexico

• Brazil

• Soviet Union

Before Castro officially turned to communism he had already angered the United States by:

• Seizing property that belonged to American businesses and giving them to the Cuban government

• Making reforms to education

• Making reforms to healthcare

• Taking over churches

Castro feared that the United States would try to remove him from power, so he allowed the Soviet Union to put nuclear missiles in Cuba. This decision led to what important historic event?

• The Cold War

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Korean War

• The Bay of Pigs

Which of the following are effects of Castro taking power in Cuba:

• There is a large Cuban-American population in the United States

• The United States decided to stop trading with Cuba (an embargo)

• People began moving to Cuba to take advantage of free education and health care

• People were given increased freedoms of speech, religion, the press, and the right to assemble