1. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise to improve life for Cubans? Do Now: What is the difference between A communist and a capitalist country? HW- Find out the name and create a short one paragraph biography of a Cuban baseball player playing in the major leagues who escaped from Cuba?

2. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? A. Location 1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida

3. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? B. Cuba under Batista 1. Batista was a corrupt dictator who ruled Cuba with an iron fist 2. Cuban people lived in poverty with little hope of improvement

4. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Fulgencio Batista

5. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? C. Cuban Revolution 1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won 2. Castro installs a Communist gov’t. and banned all other political parties

6. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Fidel Castro as a Young Revolutionary Communism: an economic system that states all property is controlled and owned by the government. The opposite of capitalism

7. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? Cuban “Young Pioneers” What were some of Castro’s reforms?? Nationalized property Collectivization of Farms Increased education/medical care No elections Alienated the middle class Disregard for human rights What were some of Castro’s reforms?? Nationalized property Collectivization of Farms Increased education/medical care No elections Alienated the middle class Disregard for human rights

8. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Bay of Pigs Fiasco : 1961

9. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Bay of Pigs Fiasco : 1961 US Plan to use Cubans to overthrow Castro. Cubans were trained by the CIA, which the US denied. The mission was a failure.

10. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Cuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

11. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Refugee “Problem” Today

12. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? 3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all trade to Cuba…leading to poverty to Cuba

13. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society? The Cuban “Boat People” The Cuban Adjustment Act - 1966

14. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?