Gingerland Secondary School (School Code: 130005) CXC Caribbean History School Based Assessment (SBA) Project 2012-2013 (35 marks) Caribbean History SBA Research Question: What evidence is there to show that United States-Cuban relations negatively affected Cuba’s political‚ economic and social development from 1898 to 1965? Format of the History SBA Project 1. Table of Contents (This is the last thing you must do for your SBA project‚ therefore your pages must be correctly numbered
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Fidel Castro was a Cuban communist and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then the President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008. On January 1‚ 1959‚ a Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro transferred his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Batista‚ the nation’s American-backed president. The Bay of Pigs is a small bay on the southern coast of Cuba that was invaded on April 17‚ 1961 by 1‚400 Cuban exiles organized and armed by the CIA. The invasion
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Americans’ pre-war ideas about Cuban independence
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ETH/125 Nancy Beale Hispanic Groups Living in the United States Mexicans‚ Puerto Ricans‚ Cubans and Dominicans living in the United States The Hispanic population grew in every region of the United States between 2000 and 2010‚ and most significantly in the South and Midwest. About three-quarters of the Hispanic population living in the United States are reported as Mexican‚ Puerto Rican or Cuban origin in the 2010 Census. Mexican Americans are the largest Hispanic group living in the United
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significant in the spread of the Cold War outside Europe than the Cuban Missile Crisis.” How far do you agree? The years 1950 to 1953 were a period of striving for Korea‚ where the North and South regions were being disputed over by China and USA. The South was supported by USA and the United Nations‚ while the North was backed by China and USSR who were part of the communist fraternity. On the other hand‚ the outbreak of Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest the Cold War almost became a
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surface‚ these stories are in complete juxtaposition of one and other but it is evident that the Cuban women had as much agency and choice as did the princesses. The author draws parallels between the main character and the princesses by emphasizing their independent ability to make autonomous decisions. Although the situations vary from a fairytale to a fight for survival‚ Roxanne Gay concludes the Cuban story with‚ “A West Indian woman always faces such choices”. This short inference suggests that
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Ebb and Flow: Cuban-American Reality “Lucy‚ honey‚ if I wanted things Cuban I`d stayed in Havana. That`s the reason I married you‚ ‘cause you`re so different from everyone I`d known before.” -Ricky in I Love Lucy. This quote is from the iconic show from the 50`s‚ I Love Lucy‚ but also is used in Sustavo Perez-Firmat`s piece called Life on the Hyphen. In Perez-Firmat`s piece‚ Perez-Firmat relates the Cuban-American experience and how it is made up of several different generations who all have to
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Castro‚ political preferences‚ such as communism‚ and events‚ such as the Cuban revolution‚ Bay of Pigs‚ and Cuban missile crisis. One such example of the propaganda in a newspaper article from the New York Times on January 31‚ 1961. This article was used in multiple newspapers. The article‚ titled “80 Cubans on a Ship Admitted by U.S.: Refugees Win Asylum Here Pending Inquiry- 2 Tell of escape From Police” discusses how Cubans hid in order to flee Castro and his communist control over Cuba.This newspaper
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revealing some intricacies in the relations between Cuba‚ Venezuela‚ and Yugoslavia. Cuba was vehemently opposed to Venezuela’s attendance‚ considering them to be little more than “an instrument of American imperialism‚” and a “servile anti-Cuban tool.” The Cuban
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in the hand of government only. The evidence is that they control everything in the country even the communication between individuals‚ the Cuban economy suffers from the embargo of U.S since the completion of communist revolution. There is always distrust toward the state and its authority and this is particularly evident among younger generations of Cubans and always wanting to break through the government’s tight regulations by illegal activities. 2. Individualism versus Collectivism: Cuba
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