CSEC History Cuban revolution
- 1. 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?
- 2. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? A. Location 1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida
- 3. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? 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
- 4. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Fulgencio Batista
- 5. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? C. Cuban Revolution 1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won 2. Castro installs a Communist gov’t. and banned all other political parties
- 6. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? 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
- 7. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Cuban “Young Pioneers” What were some of Castro’s reforms?? Nationalized property Collectivization of Farms Increased education/medical care No elections Alienated the middle class Disregard for human rights
- 8. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Bay ofPigs Fiasco: 1961
- 9. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Bay ofPigs 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.
- 10. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? TheCuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966
- 11. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Refugee“Problem” Today
- 12. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? 3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all trade to Cuba…leading to poverty to Cuba
- 13. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? TheCuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966
- 14. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?