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?