Fidel Castro Bio

Fidel Castro's father worked where?

• Sugar cane field

   

• factory to build tanks

Who did Fidel Castro defeat in order to take control of Cuba?

• President Batista's army

• the United States of America

Castro was a hero to the what?

• the upper class in Cuba (rich people)

• lower class (poor people)

The United States was unhappy with Castro. In fact we launched an invasion with people who didn't like Castro. What was this invasion called?

• D- Day

• Bay of Pigs

• Day of Thunder

What did the Soviet Union do in Cuba that threatened the United States?

• Built a naval base in Cuba to threaten U.S. shipping interest

• Now the Soviet Union had the capability to strike the U.S. since they established bases to launch nuclear missiles at the United States from Cuba.

What kind of country (state) did Cuba become?

• A capitalist country where people could build their own businesses in order to sell products to consumers

• He built Cuba into a communist country where the government runs the economy and redistributes property in accordance to the government's will.

What type of leader was Fidel Castro?

• monarch

• President elected by the people

• military dictator to rule for life

Which leader took control of Cuba in 1959?

• Cesar Chavez

• Raul Castro

• Fidel Castro