Workbook 121 - 123

Latin American revolutions started because the people wanted to control plantations and silver mines?

• True
• False

Latin American populations revolted against European rule.

• True
• False

Cuba escaped Spanish rule in 1898

• True
• False

In the first few decades after independence, Cubans were usually unhappy with their political leaders.

• True
• False

Fulgencio Batista led the 1959 revolution against the government of Fidel Castro.

• True

• False

The Cuban government set up in 1959 was a Parliamentary democracy

• True
• False

Match the following Causes with Effects

• Successful Cubans became angry

• Castro took over control of business and industry even those owned by Americans

• There is a large Cuban pop in Florida

• Cuba began trading with the Soviet Union

• Poor people supported Castro's policies

• The Cuban government improved healthcare and education programs

• Fears about war sprang up everywhere

• Many Cubans fled the island over Castro's policies

• Created a strained relationship to US

• The United States and the Soviet Union are making threats to each other about the placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba

Match the quote with the person who might have said it

Groups:

(a) Fidel Castro

,

(b) Fulgencio Batista

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(c) U.S. Senator

,

(d) poor Cuban citizen

• We hope that having a military base in Cuba will help keep peace in the region.

• "The rebellion is getting stronger! I worry that the government troops will not be able to fight

• I see so much wealth in this country, but I have no job. I'm sick and tired of dictators."

• "I am gathering rebel fighters from all over Cuba. We hide in the jungle to surprise attack."