1. Cuba

2. Aim: What sparked a revolution in Cuba?

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

5. 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

6. 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?

7. American Soldiers in Cuba in 19022

9. 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.

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

11. Fulgencio Batista

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

13. The Castro Regime

14. History of
Modern Cuba

15. Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

16. Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!

17. 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.

18. American Soldiers in Cuba in 19022

19. Fidel Castro as a Young Revolutionary

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

21. The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961

23. The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961

24. The US “Lays an Egg?”

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

26. The Cuban Missile Crisis: October, 1962

27. Soviet-Cuban Construction

28. Soviet-Cuban Construction

29. Global Thermal Nuclear War?

30. Range of the Cuban Missiles

31. What’s the Message?

32. Cuban Exiles in Miami

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

34. The Refugee “Problem” Today

35. Castro at the United Nations
US Embargo of Cuba

36. Fidel Castro Today

37. Cuban-Americans Support the Republican Party