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Cuba (Decolonization)
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Cuba
Struggle with America
Fidel Castro
Independence Movement
Cuban Missile Crisis
- United States has the right to intervene with Cuban affairs
- 1925 Socialist Party founded (communism)
- Fulgencio Batista is corrupt, supported by United States
People
José Martí
Hero and writer
WHY?
Tomas Estrada Palma
First Cuban President
Timeline
Ten Year's War
Independence War
- 1895-1898
- Martí (famous revolutionary) is killed
- Spain grants Cuba autonomy
- Cuban Revolution- controversy in America
- 1868-1878
- Started by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
- Faced hardships caused by Spaniards
- Ended without Cuban success
INDEPENDENCE!
1902
The Smallest War
Spanish-American War
- 1879-1880
- Lasted for less than a year
- People wanted peace after the previous war
- 1898-1901
- United States interest in Cuba (economic)
- United States assisted Cuban war effort and declares war on Spain
- Spain signed a treaty giving the United States Cuba (and other countries)
- Cuba is an independent country, not territory
Current Status
Government: Communist state
President: Raul Castro
GDP: 80.66
GDP per capita: 5351.3
Exports: Sugar cane, tobacco, petroleum
Background
"Discovery"
Start of a New Colony
Columbus 1492
Spain
Economic Focus
Resistance
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