C: Historical Context

Question 1

As a Spanish colony

Answer 1

• At Christopher Columbus 1492
• Millions of African slaves brought to work sugar plantations -> social divide between white elites and Afro-Cubans

Question 2

Path to Independence

Answer 2

José Marti - national hero for his role in the Cuban War for Independence

Question 3

Platt Amendment

Answer 3

After the Spanish-American War and Cuba’s Independence (1902), insisted the signing of the Platt Amendment.

Gave the right to maintain bases within Cuba and intervene in Cuba affair when they thought necessary to “protect their independence”

Cancelled in 1934, when Batista held power through puppeteer government.