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2nd Semester Exam Study Guide =Caribbean History Key Terms Social Structure in St. Domingue 1700s. mulato Gran Blanc free blacks Petit Blanc african slaves World War ll ;Non Aligned Movement ;Great Depression ;Trade Union ;Empire ;Swadeshi ;India ; Genocide; Spanish /American War 1898; Platt Amendment; Communism; Capitalism; Cold War; Scramble for Africa; Reggae; St Domingue; Ayti; Decolonization Historical Figures: Marcus Garvey=Jamaican pan Africanist Maurice Bishop= The New Jewel Movement-Grenada Kwame Nkrumah=1st president of Ghana Bob Marley; Jose Marti=Father of Cuban Independence Antonio Soberanis= Belizean trade unionist Mahatma Gandhi= father of Indian independence Toussaint LOuverture= leader Haitian revolution 26th July Movement [Cuban Revolution ] 1st attempt by Castro lead rebels [150 men] on Moncada Barracks attack. Failed & Castro put on trial. Delivered “History will Absolve Me” speech. 1955 [2yrs later] was granted amnesty & they fled to Mexico where Argentine Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara joins them. 25th Nov 1956, 82 rebels boarded the Granma & set out for Cuba. Landed under heavy attack in Oriente & then headed out for fighting in Sierra Maestra mountains. 1958 fighting intensified with Batista fleeing Cuba on Jan 1st, 1959. 3 days later rebels celebrate with symbolic march into capital La Habana. Cold War & Cuba 1960s Cuba- Soviet deal for sugar in exchange for money, oil & other goods was the turning point of decline in U.S. Cuba relations. Bay of Pigs- 1961- 1400 fighters (CIA trained in Guatemala) landed Bahia de Cochinos. Lasted 2 days after which 300 died & Castro took 1000 prisoners & later exchanged them for $50m worth of food & medicine. Castro would further his Socialist policies eventually completely breaking U.S. ties. This reached a peak in 1962 in what was termed the Missile Crises. U.S. President J.F. Kennedy took harsh criticism for not being able to stop the construction of Soviet missile launch stations in Cuba during the height of the Cold War. Exam Format : Part 1= Multiple Choice= US Cuba relations ; Part 2= Diagram Labelling= Haitian Society ; Part 3= Matching= Independence ; Part 4=True/False= Haitian Revolution+ Indepedence ; Part 5= Short Answers= Haitian Revolution + Scramble for Africa + Decolonization in British Empire + US/CUBA relations