10 questions
'Legend, Wizard and Father' describes
Amin
Castro
The USA barring European colonial influence in Latin America:
Platt Amendment
Colonial Disbarring Service
Monroe Doctrine
Balfour Declaration
Tick all that apply to the Batista regime:
Corruption
US control
One party state
Gap between rich and poor increased
Tick all that apply: 26 July 1953
An attack in army barracks went wrong
Raul and Fidel went to court
Castro used the court as a stage for his campaign
'History will absolve me' speech
Tick all that apply: Castro's revolutionary demands
Land
Profits
Constitution
Education
Nationalisation
Overthrow Batista and restore democracy: agreements made in the
Monroe Doctrine
Pact of Caracas 1958
Havana Agreement 1959
26 July Movement Manifesto
Tick all that apply: Castro was able to seize power because:
He had good leaders to work with
Batista was nasty
He began operations in an unimportant part of the island
He drew Batista's forces away from the cities allowing opposition to grow there
Cuban economics were in a terrible state
The ORPC, set up in Jan 1959, was
Organisation for revolutionary practice & commissions
Organisation of revolutionary people and cadres
Office of revolutionary plans and coordination
Office of revolutionary people and cadres
The ORPC was important because
It undermined the Cabinet
It undermined the Cabinet and created Dual Power
It ensured the pursuit of democracy in Cuba
It provided stability in political direction in Cuba
By 1960
Cuba was still a democracy
Cuba was Communist
Castro loved the US
Castro was Liberal