Download The Cuban Revolution

By Chris Marino
Overview
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The Cuban Revolution began on
March 10, 1952 when General
Fulgencio Batista overthrew the
president of Cuba
A lawyer named Fidel Castro
defeated Batista after 2 years
and took power on January 1,
1959, killing over 550 of his
associates.
Castro had the support of the
U.S. until he embraced
communism.
support was lost and they even
attempted to overthrow him by
sending American trained
Cuban exiles into Cuba. The
army, known as La Bragada
invaded on Cuba’s Bay of Pigs
on April 17, 1961.
It was unsuccessful and 1200 of
the Cuban exiles were captured
•cost the United States $53 million
dollars in food and supplies to have the
captives freed.
Overview cont.
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Khrushchev vs. Kennedy
• It was resolved under the agreement
that the missiles would be taken
out of Cuba if The United States
did not invade.
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Nikita Khrushchev saw
that the U.S. would not
be directly involved
and took the
opportunity as an
advantage for
expansion of the
Soviet Union.
In July of 1962 he
began setting up
missiles in Cuba. This
was discovered by the
Americans which
resulted in the
blockading of Cuba
and the United States
threatening to invade.
known as the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
General Fulgencio Batista
• Batista was a U.S.backed Cuban
general, president,
and dictator.
• He gained power
from 1933–1944, and
1952–1959
• as a result of the
Cuban Revolution he
was overthrown by
Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro
• grew up in a wealthy
family and graduated
from law school.
• His main reason for
taking control of Cuba
was the fact that he was
a member of the
Ortodoxo Party, a
social-democrat party
that strongly criticized
the government of
Batista.
• After taking control, he
became a communist.
• Today he is widely
despised for his unjust
acts of violating human
rights as a dictator.
Nikita Khrushchev
• Was involved later in the
revolution.
• During the Cold War,
Khrushchev was in power
of the Soviet Union and
planted missiles in Cuba
hoping this would be an
advantage during the Cold
War.
• This created the highest
amount of tension for the
Cold War and created
more conflict for the
occurring revolution in
Cuba at the time.
Importance of the Revolution
• It completely isolated Cuba from the
surrounding world after failed attempts at
rebellions in nearby areas.
• During the Cold War it gave the U.S.S.R.
an ally neighboring the United States,
which brought about the high expectation
of a nuclear war.
French Revolution vs. Cuban
Revolution
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France
Cuba
Violence
Citizen
Revolts
Conflicts
With Other
Countries
French Revolution vs. Cuban
Revolution cont.
France
• Over 40,000 citizens who
opposed leaders killed.
•Other countries such as
Austria and Prussia
apposed the idea of the
Revolution.
•Common people had few
political rights, women had
none.
Cuba
Involved
absolute
rulers.
People of
each country
were overall
poor and
suffering.
People
wanted
reform/
change in
government.
•1200 of the Cuban
exiles were captured
that invaded.
•Began conflict with the
United States and
created tension in the
cold war.
•Cuba was under a
communist and
citizens had no
involvement in the
government.
Fidel Castro Video
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