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Authoritarian States: Castro

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  • Which term is used to describe the lack of skilled workers and managers who emigrated Cuba after the revolution?
    Brain Drain
  • Which groups in society did Batista favour?
    Wealthy, Spanish, White Cubans
  • Which camps were many ****sexuals sent to in the 1960s?
    Military Units to Aid Production (UMAPs)
  • Which Battle was won in July 1958 from guerrilla tactics?
    Battle of La Plata
  • Which country did many wealthy Cubans flee to begin training for a counterinsurgency to take back Cuba from Castro?
    Guatemala
  • Name three developing countries Castro supported Marxist groups and revolutionary movements in.
    Chile, Angola, Somalia, Nicaragua, Libya, Tanzania
  • Women played a key role in the success of the 26th July Movement. True or False.
    True
  • Which Cuban opposition group formed in solidarity to those arrested in the Black Spring of 2003?
    Ladies in White
  • Which newspaper was used to promote the success of Castro's rule?
    Granma
  • Who were members of the 26th July movement encouraged to gain support from?
    Guajiros or agricultural workers
  • What was the main farming industry in Cuba?
    Sugar
  • What is the name of Castro's speech from his trial which later became a book?
    History will absolve me
  • What date was the Moncada Barracks attack?
    26th July 1953
  • Name three types of propaganda (except newspapers) used by Castro to consolidate and maintain power.
    Radio, Bilboards, Graffiti art
  • Was the Moncada Barracks attack a success or failure?
    Failure
  • Black Cubans experienced limited social progress under Castro. True or False
    True
  • In 1979 ****sexual acts were decriminalized. True or False
    True
  • Give two aims for Cuba that Castro advocated in his speech after the Barrack's attack.
    land redistribution, bring back Cuban constitution, education more accesible
  • When was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
    April 1961
  • Castro's trial from the barrack's attack was a public relations success. True or False?
    True
  • What measures were introduced in the 1980s to deal with Cuba's poor economic performance?
    Austerity
  • Which country was Cuba economically dependent on before Castro's rise?
    USA
  • Which surveillance organisation was set up in 1960 to ensure the different neighbourhoods kept to the revolutionary ideas?
    Committee for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR)
  • Why was the Ten-Million Ton harvest a failure?
    Lack of skilled workers, corruption
  • The Rectification policies led to a decline in the economy 1971-76. True or False
    False
  • How many members (to the nearest million) did the FMC have by 1975?
    4 million
  • Which country did Cuba ally with during WW2?
    USA
  • Which war led to Spain giving up all claims to Cuba?
    Spanish-American War
  • Which Cuban nationalist intellectual was Castro influenced by?
    Jose Marti
  • Give one consequence of the Moncada Barracks attack.
    Fidel and Raul were arrested, many followers killed
  • Castro's ideology was primarily nationalistic. True or False
    True
  • Which religious group were targeted by Castro's regime?
    Jehova's Witnesses
  • Between 1959 and 1976 Castro ruled without any legitimate constitutional rule. True or False
    True
  • Why did the Cuban Missile Crisis have a mixed effect on Castro's power?
    Victory from Bay of Pigs but realized Cuba was isolated and became more reliant on USSR
  • Give two principles of the Cuban Constitution 1976
    Castro head of state and CCP, Cuba was single-party socialist state, free education and healthcare, elected National Assembly, more rights to trade unions
  • Which area in the east of Cuba was poorer than the western areas?
    Oriente
  • What term is used to describe Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s?
    Special Period
  • Give three types of people disaffected by Castro's regime.
    landowners, factory owners, peasants, writers, artists, intellectuals, union leaders
  • In what area did the members of the 26th July Movement base themselves from 1956 to 58?
    Sierra Maestra mountains
  • Castro's attempt to diversify the Cuban economy from reliance of sugar was a success. True or False
    False
  • Name one American company based in Cuba that was expelled by Castro
    Coca-Cola, Texaco, Standard Oil
  • What organisation was set up in 1960 to encourage women in the workplace?
    Cuban Women's Federation (FMC)
  • Who did Castro meet in Mexico when planning the next stage of his attack?
    Che Guevara
  • Give one reason why the Granma expedition was a failure.
    conditions were challenging, boat was overloaded, Batista's forces were waiting for them
  • What was the name of the newspaper set up by Guevara to spread the ideas of the M-26-7?
    El Cubano Libre
  • Name the three different areas Raul, Guevara and Castro were controlling by the end of 1958.
    Raul - Sierra Cristal, Guevara - Escambray, Fidel - Oriente