Cuban Revolution

Who lead the Cuban Revolution

• Fidel Castro

• Raul Castro

• Fulgencio Batista.

• Barack Obama

Who won the Cuban Revolution

• Sebastien

• Fulgencio Batista.

• Fidel Castro

• Obama

Fidel Castro led an uprising against Batista that came to be called

• the Russian Revolution

• World War III

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the Cuban Revolution

Castro attempted to make improvements in Cuba's ________________ and ____________________.

• economy and trade

• freedom and equality

• healthcare and education

• trade and healthcare

Castro formed a _______________ government and took away many citizens' __________________.

• autocratic; money

• democratic; homes

• socialist; freedom

• communist; rights

Who was the leader of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?

• WW2
• Cold War
• WW1
• Vietnam War

When one nation's government decides to prohibit or stop all trade with another nation is known as a(n) _____________.

• tariff

• quota

• embargo

• subsidy

Bay of Pigs was the

• failed military invasion and unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1962

• attempted bombing of the southern coast of Cuba

• agreement between the Soviet Union and U.S. to divide Cuba

• site of a nuclear explosion in Cuba

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

• The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US. 
• US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US. 
• The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets. 
• Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.