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22 Cards in this Set
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What kind of country was Cuba before Fidel Castro took over?
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communist
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What kind of country was Cuba after Fidel Castro took over?
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communist
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Who was Fidel Castro?
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1959 dictator of Cuba
Leader of a group of Rebels against Batista |
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Who was the communist leader before Castro?
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Batista
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What did Fidel Castro promise to Cuba?
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To create a democracy
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What did Fidel Castro do instead of keeping his promise to Cuba?
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Create a communist party
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Did the U.S. and Cuba have trade between the two countries before Fidel Castro took over?
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Yes
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Did the U.S. and Cuba have trade between the two countries after Fidel Castro took over?
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No
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What did the US pass to ban the trade of goods with Cuba?
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embargo
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Most of Cuba's _____ ________ crops were sold to America.
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Sugar cane
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TRUE OR FALSE: Now, Cuba is the only communist country in the western hemisphere
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TRUE
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In cuba, what is there a lot of?
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Poverty
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What was shut down by Fidel Castro? What belonged to him?
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everything; everything
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What is another communist country?
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Soviet Union
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What did the Soviet Union do with Cuba?
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they became friends and traded with each other
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What did Cuba try to do?
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Cuba tried to spread communism into other parts of Latin America.
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Cuba allowed the Soviets to build a missle launching complex on the island. The US feared they would be used on the US.
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What did the Cuban Missile Crisis almost begin?
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A nuclear war
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What did the US do in response to the Cuban Missle Crisis?
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They treatened an invasion of Cuba and demanded that the missiles be removed.
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Have the relations between Cuba and the US improved?
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No
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Is there still an embargo on trade with Cuba today?
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Yes
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Who was the president of the US during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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John F. Kennedy
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