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The Cuban Revolution Political causes were
Fulgencio Batista was an oppressive dictator.
Ramon Grau San Martin tried to institute
social reform in the 1930s.
Fulgencio, however, instigated a coup and
took over the government.
Castro was an Orthodox party candidate in
elections aborted by Batista's coup
theft and corruption in the government

The Cuban Revolution economic causes were
sugar (75-85% of all export earnings).
United States was the single export market
U.S. Congress set quotas on Cuba's sugar
export with American sugar growers in mind
expensive and extensive sugar production
limited the existence of secondary industries in
Cuba.

Cuba gave preference to U.S. products in
exchange (trading away Cuba's industrial
opportunities)
1953 - U.S. owned 40% of the sugar
production, 50% of railroads, and 90% of
utilities
latifundia (great land and estates) dominated
by minority group of elites

The Cuban Revolution social causes were most
of the population lived in the countryside.
43% were illiterate
60% lived in homes with dirt floors
1 in 14 had electricity
rural wage workers worked only during
harvest (123 days)

Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established
the first communist state in the Western
Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the
military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in
1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five
decades, until handing off power to his
younger brother Raúl in 2008. During that
time, Castro’s regime was successful in
reducing illiteracy, stamping out racism and
improving public health care, but was widely
criticized for stifling economic and political
freedoms.

The impact of the cuban revolution on the
united states.force the U.S. to acknowledge
deep-rooted causes for revolution in Latin
America
U.S. felt threatened by Castro (Communist
influence in Western Hemisphere)
failed attempt to overthrow Castro (Bay of
Pigs)
ended up showing Castro's strength

provided a revolutionary model for other Latin
American countries
Alliance for Progress: small scale Marshall Plan
for Latin America to encourage economic
development and democracy (not applicable to
Cuba)
failed miserably
1960s - guerrilla movements began to develop
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The Cuban Revolution Political causes were
Fulgencio Batista was an oppressive dictator.
Ramon Grau San Martin tried to institute
social reform in the 1930s.
Fulgencio, however, instigated a coup and
took over the government.
Castro was an Orthodox party candidate in
elections aborted by Batista's coup
theft and corruption in the government

The Cuban Revolution economic causes were
sugar (75-85% of all export earnings).
United States was the single export market
U.S. Congress set quotas on Cuba's sugar
export with American sugar growers in mind
expensive and extensive sugar production
limited the existence of secondary industries in
Cuba.
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