Transcript The Cuban Revolution and Zapatistas in Mexico

The Cuban Revolution
and
Zapatistas in Mexico
Standards and Essential Questions
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The Cuban Revolution
SS6H3a- Explain the impact of
the Cuban Revolution.
What role did Fidel Castro play
in the Cuban Revolution?
Why did the Soviet Union
become involved with Cuba?
What is the importance of the
Cuban Missile Crisis in terms of
the relationship between the
United States and Cuba?
Zapatistas in Mexico
• SS6H3b- Explain the impact and
political outcomes of the
Zapatista guerrilla movement in
Mexico.
• Why did NAFTA anger the
Zapatistas?
• What is the main goal of the
Zapatistas?
Facts about Cuba
• Island 90 miles south of Florida
• At one time much of Cuba’s land
was owned by American
businesses
• Known for its sugar cane crop
• The only communist country in
the western hemisphere
USA
About 90 miles
Cuba
Sugar cane
Timeline of Cuba
• 1950s- Fulgencio Batista was dictator of
Cuba; most people unhappy with his rule
• 1959- Fidel Castro led a group of rebels
against Batista; Castro won and named
himself dictator (Cuban Revolution)
• Immediately named Cuba a communist countrythe government took over all of the farms,
factories, businesses and American owned land.
Fidel Castro
Timeline of Cuba
• January 3, 1961- American president Dwight
D. Eisenhower put an embargo on Cuba; led
to Cuba making deals to trade with the
Soviet Union
• April 1961- Bay of Pigs invasion; Cuban
exiles, trained and financed by the U.S., tried
unsuccessfully to overthrow Cuba’s
government
Embargo- what does this political
cartoon mean?
Timeline of Cuba
• October 1962- Cuba gave the Soviet Union
permission to build a missile launching
complex on their land; these missiles had the
potential to reach the United States; ended
at the end of October when the Soviet Union
agreed to dismantle the weapons
• Present day- Embargo still in effect, but the
restrictions are loosening as Cuba works to
become more democratic
John F. Kennedy
signing embargo
Meeting with
the Soviets
Think about the EQs…
• What role did Fidel Castro play in the
Cuban Revolution?
• Why did the Soviet Union become
involved with Cuba?
• What is the importance of the Cuban
Missile Crisis in terms of the relationship
between the United States and Cuba?
Words to know…
• Zapatista- group of Mexicans who support
improved rights and living conditions for
Mexico’s indigenous people; sometimes use
sabotage of the government to make their
point
• NAFTA (North American Free Trade
Agreement)- allowed free trade between the
United States, Canada and Mexico
The problem with NAFTA…
• Some Mexicans believed NAFTA would allow
cheap goods to come from the U.S.
• They thought the Mexican farmers would not be
able to compete with those cheap goods
• On the day that NAFTA took effect the Zapatistas
took over many small towns- this caused a fight
between them and the Mexican army; most
Zapatistas defeated
Zapatistas today
• There is still fighting between the
Zapatistas and the government
• Zapatistas control small portions of
Mexico and argue for better healthcare,
housing, education and jobs for the
indigenous people
• Have allied themselves with many other
guerrilla groups in Latin America
Think about the EQs…
•Why did NAFTA anger the
Zapatistas?
•What is the main goal of
the Zapatistas?