Cuba

Aim: What sparked a revolution in Cuba?

The Spanish-American War: 1898 The Cuban “Melodrama” The Spanish-American War: 1898

U.S. helped Cuba Until 1898,Cuba was a Spanish colony. Spain was defeated in the Spanish-American War. U.S. army stayed in Cuba Congress felt Cuba was not ready to run its own gov’t Business owners wanted to protect their investments in Cuba

Under the Platt Amendment, was Cuba actually independent? Limited Cuban independence Gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba to protect American life and property. U.S. could veto Cuban decisions on foreign policy. The U.S. leased an area of Cuba indefinitely – Guantanamo Naval Base Under the Platt Amendment, was Cuba actually independent?

American Soldiers in Cuba in 19022

Cuba: 1902 – 1933 Ruled by do-nothing dictators Civil violence Most Cubans were poor Cubans resented U.S. businesses that were making large profits without sharing the wealth.

Who is really getting rich?? What the US Fought For Who is really getting rich??

Fulgencio Batista

U.S. supported Batista In power from 1933 – 1958 Restored order Limited civil liberties Economy improved Poverty and inequality remained

The Castro Regime

History of Modern Cuba

Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!

Cuban “Independence?” Platt Amendment (1903) Senator Orville Platt 1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence. 2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. 3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. 4. Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt.

American Soldiers in Cuba in 19022

Fidel Castro as a Young Revolutionary

Cuban “Young Pioneers” What were some of Castro’s reforms??

The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961

The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961

The US “Lays an Egg?”

Cuba is 90 Miles from the Florida Coast A Soviet “Client-State”

The Cuban Missile Crisis: October, 1962

Soviet-Cuban Construction

Soviet-Cuban Construction

Global Thermal Nuclear War?

Range of the Cuban Missiles

What’s the Message?

Cuban Exiles in Miami

The Cuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

The Refugee “Problem” Today

Castro at the United Nations US Embargo of Cuba

Fidel Castro Today

Cuban-Americans Support the Republican Party