By: Kidisa Matthew Cuba was the leading competitor for sugar against the British West Indies. The Cuban industry was heavily merchandised while many of the territories of the British West Indies had not yet began to use even the simplest tools‚ example: plows. This was one of the main reasons why Cuba was top notch in producing sugar. What advantages did this former Spanish colony have? (i) They had an abundance of natural resources for fuel and building timber‚ (ii) Cuba had railways‚ railways
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people of Cuba first sought to be relinquished from the hold that Spain had so tightly on their country after being under Spanish control for about four hundred years. The Spanish government had become very oppressive toward the citizens of Cuba in their actions. They took away their seat of influence in the Spanish government while still remaining in charge which angered the Cubans. In addition to releasing their seat of political influence the Catholic Church lost its status of respect in Cuba when
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13 Days and the closest the United States of America has ever got to absolute devastation through nuclear war. These were the days where even more fear coursed through the hearts and souls of the United States’ citizens. There were missiles in Cuba that were pointed at the United States of America that created conflict because the USSR could not find a reasonable way to compromise with the United States about their already positioned missiles without adding missiles under the USSR’s control into
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close proximity of Cuba to the United States‚ it indicates that there has always been migration between United States and Cuba. During the 1800’s‚ immigration had become very popular amongst Cuba and the United States. In the 1800’s Cuban merchants and businessmen generally conducted business‚ and casually visited United States on vacations‚ and vice-versa. But all that changed when Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959‚ hence‚ having a significant rise in immigration from Cuba to the United States
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and they started demanding more stuff. The group that over threw her was known as “Committee of Safety”. They wanted to overthrow her to annex Hawaii to the USA. 12: "Butcher" Weyler- He was the man sent by Spain to take control and set order in Cuba; treated the Cubans very poorly‚ and even sent them into concentration camps. 13: "yellow journalism"- most notably used when the US ship exploded. They made it look like the Spanish army attacked an American vessel‚ while in reality the engine
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Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis was a period of thirteen days‚ lasting from October 14 to October 28‚ 1962‚ during which nuclear war with the Soviet Union seemed imminent. In the height of the Cold War‚ Russia had stationed nuclear warheads in Cuba. The proximity of the weapons sent the nation into a panic and created extreme tensions between the United States and Soviet Union. Eventually‚ an agreement to dismantle the weapons was announced and war was avoided. However‚ the public did not know
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U.S. interventionism in Latin America resulted due to the economic clashes stemming from basic agricultural reforms in Cuba and Guatemala. Following WWII‚ Latin America experienced a wave of revolutions. After being subjected to the reign of tyrants for decades‚ the people of Guatemala and Cuba yearned for full rights and in pursuit of this sought to establish self-governed democracies.The pursuit of agrarian land reform was at the forefront of their concerns. The people desired to usurp the supremacy
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three years of imprisonment. Batista‚ in order to gain some popular support‚ released them after a few months. Castro’s rebellion failed‚ it sparked hopes of revolution everywhere in Cuba. After a few years of exile in Mexico‚ Castro and a small band of about eighty-five men returned to Cuba in December of 1956. Many of the men perished during the initial landing‚ but a small group including Fidel Castro and an Argentinian Marxist Ernesto "Che" Guevara‚ survived and went into
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On the streets of Cuba‚ you will see a lot of classic American cars‚ and even though this is an interesting sight‚ the fact is that Cubans drive these old cars out of necessity rather than choice. In the first part of the 20th century‚ most new vehicles came to Cuba from the United States. This influx of cars stopped in late 1959 when economic reforms by the Cuban government‚ led by Fidel Castro‚ prevented Cubans from buying cars on credit. The subsequent U. S. trade embargo‚ instituted in October
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assumption of power by Fidel Castro. This aligned Cuba increasingly with the Soviet Union‚ and created a sort of threatening alliance against the United States that escalated and already tense situation. Of prime importance in this escalation are events such as the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion‚ the stationing of American missiles in strategically threatening locations‚ an American naval blockade of Cuba‚ and a threat by John F. Kennedy to directly invade Cuba. Any of these actions could have been considered
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