Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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?

A. Location 1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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?

Fulgencio Batista

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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?

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?

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?

The Bay of Pigs Fiasco: 1961

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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?

The Cuban “Boat People”

The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

The Refugee “Problem” Today

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

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?

The Cuban “Boat People”

The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?

Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?