cuban revolution

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans?Do Now: What is the difference between A communist and a capitalist country?HW- Find out the name and create a short one paragraph biography of a Cuban baseball player playing in the major leagues who escaped from Cuba?


A. Location

1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida


B. Cuba under Batista

1. Batista was a corrupt dictator who ruled Cuba with an iron fist

2. Cuban people lived in poverty with little hope of improvement


FulgencioBatista


C. Cuban Revolution1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won

2. Castro installs a Communist gov’t. and banned all other political parties


Fidel Castro as a Young

Revolutionary

Communism: an economic system that states all property is controlled and owned by the government. The opposite of capitalism


Cuban “Young Pioneers”

What were some of Castro’s reforms??Nationalized property

Collectivization of FarmsIncreased education/medical care

No electionsAlienated the middle classDisregard for human rights


The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961


The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961 US Plan to use

Cubans to overthrow Castro. Cubans were trained by the CIA, which the US denied. The mission was a failure.


The Cuban “Boat People”

The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966


The Refugee “Problem” Today


3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all trade to Cuba…leading to poverty to Cuba


The Cuban “Boat People”

The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

cuban revolution

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