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Cuba after the war Teller Amendment – Amendment to war resolution that U.S. would NOT annex Cuba…. 4 years after war U

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 No treaties that limit independence

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Cuba after the war Teller Amendment – Amendment to war resolution that U.S. would NOT annex Cuba…. 4 years after war U

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  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 • No treaties that limit independence • U.S. reserves the right to intervene • No debt for Cuba • U.S. buy/lease land for naval base

  2. When did we learn about Cuba? US Imperialism

  3. CRISIS OVER CUBA

  4. Timeline of events • 1945: Yalta Agreement1947: Truman Doctrine1947: Marshal Plan1948: Berlin Airlift1949: NATO formed1950: 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 organized1957: Launch of Sputnik1950s: McCarthy Hearings1961: Berlin Wall built1961: Bay of Pigs1962: Cuban Missile Crisis1963: 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 1st, 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!!!!!

  7. Castro and Krushchev JFK and Krushchev

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

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