America In Cuba

Question 0

What did the USA do about Castro

Answer 0

Refused to recognise the Castro government
Refused to trade which crippled the economy (sugar)
Began U2 spy plane flights over USSR, one was shot down in 1960

Question 1

What happened to put Castro in power

Answer 1

1st January 1959 Fidel castro led a revolution in Cuba to overthrow the US-backed government under Batista

Question 2

Castro & the USSR

Answer 2

USSR helped Castro by buying Cuban sugar that the USA was no longer buying
Gave economic and military aid to Cuba
This all alarmed USA that a friendly government had been replaced by a soviet satellite so quickly and so close

Question 3

Bay of pigs

Answer 3

April 1961
Kennedy supported by the CIA backed the invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles at the Bay Of Pigs
Castro’s forces had killed or captured most of the exiles within two days
This caused the USSR to step up aid to Cuba