Cuban Revolution Review

Resistance movements are not...

• LGBTQ movement

• BLM Movement

• March For Our Lives

• Looting after the SF Giants lost the World Series

Activism is the beginning, then people start to resist systems of oppression which creates a ____________

The most powerful resistance movement is today...

• Anti-mask and vaccine movement

• Black Lives Matter

• LGBTQ Movment

• Gun Control

Is this the definition of revolution?

Revolution occurs when large masses of people decide to take power from a government that treats its people unfairly.

• True

• False

Cuba is neighbors to...

• China

• India

• Florida

• Chile

Cuban revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. On the Political Left...is Castro or Batista?

• Castro

• Batista

Cuban military officer and dictator who served as the president (chosen) of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed dictator (took power) from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown during the Cuban Revolution. On the Political Right...is Castro or Batista?

• Castro

• Batista

What is NOT a reason Cubans wanted a revolution?

• Increasingly widespread corruption and greed within Batista’s government

• Batista turned Democratic Cuba into a complete police state, destroying individual liberties

• Batista allowed American companies to dominate the Cuban economy, especially sugar-cane plantations and other local resources

• Batista provided free education and medical care to every Cuban citizen

Humans are basically good.

The bad they do is caused by external factors such as poverty, culture, media, racism, environment. etc.

• The political Left

• The political Right

Humans are neither good or bad, but selfish

Since human nature is selfish, weak, violent and lazy, internal factors such as character development, strong family values and morals will help battle both inner and outer negative influences.

• The political Left

• The political Right