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Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans? Do Now: What is the difference between A communis

Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans? Do Now: What is the difference between A communist and a capitalist country? HW- Find out the name and create a short one paragraph biography of a Cuban baseball player playing in the major leagues who escaped from Cuba?.

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Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans? Do Now: What is the difference between A communis

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  1. Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans? Do Now: What is the difference between A communist and a capitalist country? HW- Find out the name and create a short one paragraph biography of a Cuban baseball player playing in the major leagues who escaped from Cuba? Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  2. A. Location 1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  3. B. Cuba under Batista 1. Batista was a corrupt dictator who ruled Cuba with an iron fist 2. Cuban people lived in poverty with little hope of improvement Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  4. FulgencioBatista Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  5. C. Cuban Revolution 1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won 2. Castro installs a Communist gov’t. and banned all other political parties Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  6. Fidel Castro as a Young Revolutionary Communism: an economic system that states all property is controlled and owned by the government. The opposite of capitalism Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  7. Cuban “Young Pioneers” What were some of Castro’s reforms?? Nationalized property Collectivization of Farms Increased education/medical care No elections Alienated the middle class Disregard for human rights Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  8. The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961 Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  9. The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961 US Plan to use Cubans to overthrow Castro. Cubans were trained by the CIA, which the US denied. The mission was a failure. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  10. The Cuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966 Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  11. The Refugee “Problem” Today Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  12. 3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all trade to Cuba…leading to poverty to Cuba Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  13. The Cuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966 Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

  14. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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