What Were The Causes Of The Cuban Missile Crisis? Flashcards

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Spanish American war 1898

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Spanish occupation was oppressive and limited the growth of Cuban economy.
USA= ‘uncle Sam’ - paternalistic -liberation or imperialistic.
More interventionist

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Cuba was the usa’s …..

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Back yard

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Outcome of the Spanish American war

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Cuba was independent but allowed the USA a degree of control
Maintain military bases such as Guantanamo bay
Control over Cuba’s international relations ‘right to intervene’
Considerable us economic interests -hotels, casinos, tourism and sugar

American organised crime with us mafias using Havana for smuggling routes and laundering money.

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The 1929 Wall Street crash led to…

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Collapse in sugar prices and triggered the the 1933 revolution and 1940 coup

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Who was elected after the coup?

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Batista but was unpopular and tyrannical

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Che and Castro known famously together as…

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Los barbudos.

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What did the los barbudos brothers organise

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Cuba revolution which included reform in agriculture in 1959 that led to the loss of invested American property and tied Cuban economy and politics to the ussr with the soviet deputy, Anastas mikoyan giving a financial package of $100 million to cuba

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Trade wars

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Over sugar exports and us oil companies refusal to refine soviet oil sent to Cuba. Acted as confirmation that Castro was a committed communist.

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Trade wars led to Kennedy validating…

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The cia’s plans [bay of pigs and operation mongoose] to remove Castro.

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Bay of pigs 1961

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Plan to land anti-Castro exiles on cuba and carry a military coup to remove him.
‘Unmitigated disaster’ and a profound humiliation for Kennedy; it also confirmed the soviet union’s and castro’s fears about the usas intensions for Cuba.
Propaganda
Castro loved by his people for being a hero protecting Cuba from American imperialism

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Operation mongoose 1961

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Covert operations such LSD, temporary disorientation and thallium salt led by general Edward Lansdale.

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