Cuban Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/cuban-revolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary revolutionary organization?26th of July Movement
2. What is the year of batista's overthrow?1959
3. What happened in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution?Cuba changed its leaders and rules. Fidel Castro and his friends overthrew President Batista and took control of the country.
4. Who was Fidel Castro and why was he important?Fidel Castro was the charismatic leader of the 26th of July Movement. He fought against Batista and became the new president of Cuba.

Fulgencio Batista: Authoritarian leader of Cuba overthrown in 1959, whose regime was marked by corruption and inequality.
26th of July Movement: The revolutionary organization led by Fidel Castro, named after a failed 1953 attack.
Guerrilla Warfare: A military strategy employing hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups against a larger, less mobile force.
Nationalization: The process of a government taking ownership of private industries or assets.