Cuban Revolution and the Rise of Castro Quiz

Where did Fidel Castro receive his law degree?

• University of Havana

• Mexico

• Havana

• Santiago de Cuba

When did Fidel Castro lead a raid on a Santiago army barracks?

• March 13, 1957

• July 26, 1953

• December 2, 1956

• August 1, 1957

Who accompanied Fidel Castro on board the yacht Granma when they landed in eastern Cuba?

• Andrés Rivero Agüero

• Raúl Castro

• Che Guevara

• Fulgencio Batista

When did Fulgencio Batista suspend constitutional guarantees such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression?

• March 13, 1957

• August 1, 1957

• April 9, 1958

• March 26, 1958

What event led to the United States imposing an arms embargo on Cuba in mid-March 1958?

• The capture of an armoured train by rebel forces

• The kidnapping of American and Canadian civilians

• A general strike called by communist groups

• The suspension of the presidential election

Who routed the garrison in Santa Clara on December 27, 1958?

• Carlos Márquez Sterling

• Manuel Urrutia Lleó

• Fulgencio Batista

• Che Guevara

When did Fulgencio Batista relinquish the presidency and flee to the Dominican Republic?

• March 13, 1959

• August 20, 1959

• June 26, 1959

• January 1, 1959

How many people linked to the Batista government had been put to death by revolutionary courts by May 15, 1959?

• 800

• 600

• 400

• 200

What was the citizenship status conferred upon Che Guevara by the new regime?

• Exiled

• Fugitive

• Native-born Cuban

• Prisoner

What program of expropriation was written into an 'agrarian reform' decree promulgated on June 4, 1959?

• Expropriation of all landholdings exceeding 1500 acres

• Expropriation of all landholdings exceeding 500 acres

• Expropriation of all landholdings exceeding 1000 acres

• Expropriation of all landholdings exceeding 2000 acres