IB History Fidel Castro

Castro's first title

Prime Minister

Nikita Krushchev

The Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Jose Marti

An anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, pro-labor revolutionary poet who founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party.

Castro's slogan

"Fatherland or Death. We will triumph."

Pedro Pan

- about 14,000 children and youth brought over to America from Cuba by Catholic Church and CIA

Mariel Boatlift

1980 mass migration of people from Cuba to the U.S.

Spanish

Cuba was a former ________ colony.

False

Blacks enjoy equal and proportional representation with whites in Cuba.

1/3 of all Cubans

By 1963, this amount of Cubans were registered in a CDR

Angola

Castro choose to help Marxists in this nation rather than seek reapproachment with the US

Ubre Blanca

Castro's famous dairy cow

10 million tons

Castro's goal in his campaign in 1970- similar to Battle of Wheat (Mussolini)

Platt Amendment

Claim that the U.S. has the authority to intervene in Cuban affairs. It was included in the Cuban Constitution.

Che's first stop after Cuba

Congo

1902

Cuba gained independence in ______.

Eisenhower

The president of the United States when Castro takes power?

Moncada Barracks

Fidel Castro and his brother led an attack on this barracks.

Che Guevara

Fidel Castro's right hand man, an Argentine doctor, who he met in Mexico?

Sierra Maestra

Fidel and 17 others were forced to find refuge in this south-eastern mountain range.

the Communist Manifesto

He wrote ________________ with Friedrich Engels.

Blockade

JFK takes what action to prevent more missiles from reaching Cuba.

Matos

Jailed by Castro for opposing his new vision

Moncada Barracks Attack

July 26, 1953

Torricelli Act (Cuban Democracy Act)

Laws tightened US economic sanctions against Cuba and sought actively to 'assist' in the creation of the USA's form of democracy in Cuba. (last ditch effort)

Fulgencio Batista

Leader of Cuba that Castro helped overthrow

Committees for the Defense of the Revolution

Set up in 1960 in every workplace, block and residential building. They organized some social projects, but mainly they keep an eye on their neighbors and report "counter-revolutionary activity".

Turkey

Soviets remove missiles from Cuba and America removes missile from ________________.

Operation Mongoose

The CIA tries to assassinate Fidel Castro- undermine his regime.

Havana

The capital of Cuba.

Fidelistas

The close group of early Castro supporters was called.

"History will absolve me"

The famous quote Fidel said during his trial.

Karl Marx

The father of communism.

Castroism or Fidelismo

The idea that the Cuban Revolution is largely based on the teachings and principles of Fidel Castro.

Radio Rebelde

The illegal radio station used by Castro and the rebels.

Bay of Pigs

The invasion becomes an incident known as?

July 26th Movement

The name of Fidel Castro's movement.

Granma

The old motor yacht that took Fidel and his comrades from Mexico to Cuba?

Florida

There is a large Cuban exile population in this American state.

Guerrilla Warfare

Type of fighting carried out by Castro's forces.

Nationalize

What did Castro do to the U.S. refiners when they refused to refine the Soviet oil?

Collapse of the Soviet Union

What happened that led to the 'Special Period in Time of Peace'.

Mexico

Where Castro met Che

Bolivia

Where Che died

Raul Castro

Who is Fidel Castro's brother?

JFK

Who is the president of the United States that authorizes the invasion of Cuba by CIA trained exiles.

George W. Bush

Who placed Cuba in the "axis of evil" list?