ID's Fidel Castro and Cuba Revolution

Bay of Pigs

In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.

Operation Mongoose

A CIA operation backed by President Kennedy in 1961 that used covert operation against President Fidel Castro's government in Cuba in efforts to overthrow the communist government in Cuba.

Fulgencio Batista

A Cuban president, dictator, and military leader supported by the US, serving as leader until being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution. His corrupt and repressive regime systematically profited from the exploitation of cuba's commercial interests. As a result, Fidel Castro led guerrilla attacks to overthrow his rule.

JUCEPLAN

A committee that facilitated and advised Castro about crop deadlines and and when to harvest them for maximum economic product

National Association of Small Farmers Cuba

A government association that tried to manage privately-owned farms but failed because they couldn't efficiently organize and manage agriculture, and Castro often ignored the advice of JUCEPLAN

Cause of US Embargo

Cuba expropriated American oil refineries after the refiners refused to refine cheap crude oil by the Soviet union

Fidel Castro

Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the corrupt regime of the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and soon after established a Communist state. He was prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and has been president of the government and First Secretary of the Communist Party since 1976.

Afrocuban

Cuban style, Afrco-cuban themes in music, painting, dance, literature. Armadeo Roldan is the leader of this movement. Afrocubans were Cubans of African decent that lived in Cuba.

Eisenhower view of Cuba

Eisenhower wanted relaxed and loose relations with Cuba. He wanted to think of it as a resort country where Americans could visit and enjoy themselves like the pre missile crises days

Kennedys view of Cuba

Kennedy wanted to take missiles out of Cuba and give a promise of not invading Cuba

Jose Marti

Led the fight for Cuba's independence from Spain from 1895 through the Spanish-American War

Marielitos

People who arrived from Cuba in the third wave of Cuban immigration, most specifically those forcibly deported by way of Mariel Harbor. the term is generally reserved for refugees seen as especially undesirable

INRA

The National Institute for Agrarian Reform or INRA was an agency of the Cuban Government that was formed to institute the Agrarian Reform Law of 1959

Sierra Maestra

The mountains that Fidel Castro ran into after his initial invasion of Cuba failed. Where Castro established his base when he returned to Cuba.

Marxism

The political, economic, and social theories of Karl Marx including the belief that the struggle between social classes is a major force in history and that there should eventually be a society in which there are no classes

New Man's Theory

Work shouldn't be done for personal reasons, but rather for the benefit of the society as a whole. Forced men to not stay at home and be lazy but rather go out and work for the betterment of society as a whole. Enabled women to have greater equality in the workforce.