1. Cuba after the war Teller Amendment – Amendment to war resolution that U.S. would NOT annex Cuba…. 4 years after war U.S. still governs Cuba Platt Amendment – 1900 -1901 Cuba writes constitution  U.S. insists on adding an amendment 1.No treaties that limit independence 2.U.S. reserves the right to intervene 3.No debt for Cuba 4.U.S. buy/lease land for naval base

3. CRISIS OVER CUBA

4. Timeline of events 1945: Yalta Agreement 1947: Truman Doctrine 1947: Marshal Plan 1948: Berlin Airlift 1949: NATO formed 1950: Korean War begins. 1952: U.S. tests first hydrogen bomb in Marshall Islands. 1953: Soviet Union tests first hydrogen bomb. 1953: Korean War ends. 1955: Warsaw Pact organized 1957: Launch of Sputnik 1950s: McCarthy Hearings 1961: Berlin Wall built 1961: Bay of Pigs 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis 1963: Installation of a Hot Line

5. FIDEL CASTRO “Revolutionaries are not born. They are made by poverty, inequality, and dictatorship.” Rebellious, Populist, “Machismo” National hero  two goals are to “shake Cuba of American dependence” and “have more than a sugar industry” Tired of Cubans: going to American colleges, having a second home in USA By 1950: he had 1,200 followers (into 150 cells) 1957: Sabotage, Guerilla Tactics, Nationwide strikes, Sought Communist help to train/organize/funding Jan 1 st, 1959: Overthrew Batista government

6. Why is Cuba so important? Gulf-Atlantic-Caribbean shipping lanes the Panama Canal the Guantanamo Naval Base Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar!!!!! So much sugar!!!!!

9. Options? 1. Avoid altogether? 2. Warn/Threaten but do not act (until attacked)? 3. Warn/Threaten and act? 4. Do not warn… just act.