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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?
A. Location 1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles south of Florida
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
Fulgencio Batista
C. Cuban Revolution 1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won 2. Castro installs a Communist govt. and banned all other political parties
Communism: an economic system that states all property is controlled and owned by the government. The opposite of capitalism
What were some of Castros reforms?? Nationalized property Collectivization of Farms Increased education/medical care No elections
3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all trade to Cubaleading to poverty to Cuba