Cuban Revolution Project

 

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Magazine Quiz – SC

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Children’s Book – SC

(temporary link till somebody decides sends an embed code) https://www.flipsnack.com/SarahWeasel/the-cuban-revolution.html

 

Magazine Cover – NT

 

First Impressions of the Cuban Revolution – NT

 

1) The Cuban Revolution was caused by rebellious government party called 26th of July movement which was led by Fidel Castro and his allies against the autocratic government president Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar. The revolution started in July 1953 and lasted until they expelled the Batista on December 31, 1959 replacing his government with the revolutionary socialist state. July 26, 1959 is celebrated as the day of the revolution. Later in October 1965 the 26th of July movement reformed along communist lines and becoming the communist party. Before the government was overthrown an attack on the Moncada barracks which started in 26 July 1953 and ended on 1 January 1959. Moncada barracks is a military barrack named after a Guillermón Moncada a general and a war hero of the Cuban war. When Batista left the country Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba where captured by the rebels which were led by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro’s surrogates Raúl Castro and Huber Matos. After the attack on Moncada barracks the person that led the attack ‘Fidel Castro was taken into court to make his defense case and this is where the “History will absolve me “speech was made for his defense speech and was labeled as the manifesto of 26 of July movement. An important event was the Granma, the Granma was a yacht that was used to transport 82 soldiers from Mexico to Cuba in November 1956 to overflow Fulgencio Batista. The yacht is 60-foot boat made in 1943. Operation Verano was an offensive attack on Fidel Castro by Batista to stop him in growing in strength and size in his repel army. The attack was a failure and they attempted multiple times and the noticeable battles were the Battle of La Plata and Battle las Mercedes. These battles were such failures that it dispirited and disheartened the army and Castro took advantage of this situation and went to offense against Batista and counted the disheartened army as a victory. Battle of La Plata was said earlier but wasn’t explained of what happened, it was a compound plan and the plan was to attack Castros mountain base on the Sierra Maestra. This was such a big failure that the remaining soldiers surrendered, and the rest of soldiers were killed, captured or wounded and that was about 500 Cuban army soldiers. The battle of Las Mercedes was also talked about earlier and was the last battle in the Operation Verano. What happened was the Cuban army made a trap for Castros guerillas and in the end, it ended with a cease fire suggested by Castro and Castro and his guerillas went back into the woods and the army went back home dispirited and disheartened and Castros army took that as a win. The battle of Yaguajay was not talked about earlier but was a battle with the Castro and Batista and once again a big failure for the Cuban army as the Revolutionaries won the battle. This battle wasn’t as big and noticeable as the others but still big and it still happened whether it was important or not. Battle of Santa Clara was an important battle as it led to Batista leaving the country and Castro taking control of the country. What happened was they battled for the control of Santa Clara and they battle was drastic and later became a victory for the rebels and was a deciding victory. Within twelve hours of the capture of Santa Clara, Batista left the country and Castro took over. All pf this was how the revolution started and the important events that happened and how the revolution took over, now what I think of the revolution was that I think it needed to happen and that it made Cuba what it is today and I think if the revolution didn’t happen that the country would be way more worse and dangerous. I also wonder what would of happened if Castro and Batista and controlled the country together? Would that make a big change? I think it would change a lot of things as they had different ideas of what to do with the country and if they worked together they probably could of made an amazing country. 

 

Letter to Castro – NT

Hi Mr. Castro, my name is Nathan Thrift I am a member of the lowest class of society and we as a group see this as an opportunity for us to get off the streets and to turn our lives around. Most of our society is living on the streets or living in unsafe or unreliable homes that are small or don’t have the right makings for the house. Most of us are also parents or have a family living with us and the homes we live in aren’t the best for us, our food and money income isn’t the good either as most of us don’t have jobs or don’t make enough money to supply for our family. We also get treated like the crap living on the side of the street that everybody walks or drives over and doesn’t give a crap. The education that we have here in Cuba is a privilege and only the people with money can get an education and the rest are to be stupid or teach themselves somehow. We thank you for bringing on the revolution and changing the government. As this is all happening, I would like to ask you a minor favor that you would change the living conditions for our society and the income we all make. We would also like you to make education free for everyone and to make it possible for everyone to get a job. I would also like to ask you that you make work and home conditions safe and good. I would like to see these changes happen soon because they are important to us as it will change everyone’s lives. Thank you for listening to my letter and thank you for making these changes and thank you for everything else. 

 

Youtube Video Review – SC

(until somebody decides to send a normal document not a .pages)

 

Video Interview – DH

Questions – DH

  1. Civil unrest was quite high when Castro landed in eastern Cuba after exile. From that point, the citizens were fighting a virtual civil war, with occasional raids and such. At one point a bunch of students attacked the presidential palace in Havana. As a result of all the violence, the US suspended the delivery of arms to the Cuban government. Castro’s militia decimated the Cuban army, with them being weakened due to the embargo and also from the general violence. Batista got exiled to Portugal, and left the country to his commander in chief in the army. Castro didn’t like that, so Che Guevera led some rebel forces into Havana and stopped that. Castro became Prime Minister after that.
  2. One of the groups who supported Batista was the US. The reason they supported Batista was because they didn’t like their mortal enemy, Communism. And the soviet union, but that came with communism back then so I guess they’re one and the same.
  3. On 26th July 1953, about 140 rebels attacked the Moncada Barracks. Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro were among the rebels. Many rebels were killed but the Castro brothers were captured. This was significant to Cuba and Fidel because his trial was turned into a media spectacle. This was important because Fidel took this golden opportunity to perform his famous “History Will Absolve Me” speech so that the government and the Cuban people would hear his point.
  4. What Fidel Castro meant by “History Will Absolve Me” was that people would remember him as a hero rather than a terrorist. The reason they would remember him as a hero was because he pledged to revolt against the oppressive government and bring equality the people of Cuba.
  5. After the accession to power, Castro’s government conducted trials of former members of the Batista dictatorship. He also nationalized commerce and industry, and made healthcare and education free. Castro signed a trade agreement with the USSR for oil in exchange of Cuban sugar. He took over US-owned plantations and factories, making the US impose an economic embargo with Cuba. In 1960 he started a campaign to eliminate illiteracy, which lowered illiteracy rates from 23% to 4%.
  6. The US, in fact, was not very happy with communism coming to a neighboring country. In 1961 the CIA trained and financed 1500 Cuban exiles. They then launched an invasion in the Bay of Pigs. It failed. Miserably. As a result of this, Castro became closer with the soviet union. The reason the US cared so deeply was that if they were communist, they probably were in bed with the Soviet leaders. And this was demonstrated during the 13 days of terror known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Basically, the Soviet Union put nukes onto Cuba, as retaliation for the nukes the US planted in turkey. In the end, the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles in Cuba in return for the US removing the missiles in Turkey.
  7. Some great achievements of the Cuban revolution were the reduction of the illiteracy rate, free education, free healthcare, and replaced an oppressive government led by Batista. There were a lot of bad things too, however. Castro’s government was poor, forcing them to take land from people, new and higher taxes, and controlling foreign exchange. Cuba’s economy was terrible, with high unemployment. The situation worsened, as prices for Cuban exports such as tobacco and sugar plummeted. In the end, the question of if Cuba would be better off today if Castro never gained power is a hard one. It seems like while the Castro regime introduced some good things for Cuba, it still just oppressed people some more. I think it depends. If the revolution never happened, then Batista could have started a dictatorship that could have lasted for decades. Without intervention, this would become worse than Castro’s regime. But if the US (specifically the CIA) toppled the regime sometime after the soviet union fell, they could install someone who might be better. Or might not be. But it is all up to chance.

 

Venn Diagram – DH

 

 

 

Bibliography

 

Grant, Will. “IWonder – Fidel Castro: Cuba’s Revolutionary Leader.” BBC News, BBC, 2017, www.bbc.com/timelines/zttpfg8. 

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Cuban Revolution.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 19 July 2018, www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-Revolution. 

Carothers, Thomas. “Backing the Wrong Tyrant.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 12 June 1994, www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/books/backing-the-wrong-tyrant.html. 

“Fidel Castro.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Nov. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro. 

 

Biography.com Editors. “Fidel Castro.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 13 Mar. 2018, www.biography.com/people/fidel-castro-9241487. 

https://www.quora.com/What-was-life-like-in-Cuba-under-Fulgencio-Batista-in-the-1950s-And-how-dramatic-were-the-changes-after-Castro-seized-power 

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Reflection:

The industrial revolution, while a time of economic boom and leaps in innovation, was also hard on the average working class citizens, including children. This topic taught me the process that many great innovations we take granted on a daily basis took to actually be invented. I learned the many economic and resource reasons that such a revolution would happen, and I learned about the hardships that the average working class received during this time.  The “Social Responsibility” core competency would fit in nicely here as they should not have hired children to do manual labour, giving them debilitating injuries for life, and instead hired more adult people like women without jobs due to the crash of the cabin industry. In the end, I have learned about another important event in history that changed the world, to shape it into what it is today.

Rwandan Genocide Presentation Reflection

The Rwandan Genocide was a terrible tragedy that befell the people of Rwanda in 1994. Through this presentation, I have learned to understand the terrible situation that played out in Rwanda. My heart was shattered to hear about all the brutal killings that took place. From this, I have learned to never take my life for granted. I will pledge to help build the school by donating to Grace. If we all band together to help Rwanda, we can kickstart social change. In the end, I have learned many lessons from this presentation, like how I should make friends and extend the courtesy of niceness to everyone.