Fidel Castro overthrew the corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista in the Cuban Revolution and installed a communist government. He nationalized private property, collectivized farms, increased education and healthcare, but also eliminated elections and disregarded human rights. This alienated the middle class. The U.S. tried to overthrow Castro through the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and imposed an embargo on Cuba, leading to economic hardship. Many Cubans fled the country by boat as refugees.

1. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
Aim: How did the Cuban revolution promise
to improve life for Cubans?
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?

2. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
A. Location
1. Cuba is a small island nation approximately 150 miles
south of Florida

3. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
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

4. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
Fulgencio
Batista

5. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
C. Cuban Revolution
1. Led by Castro, fought against Batista and won
2. Castro installs a Communist gov’t. and banned all
other political parties

6. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
Fidel Castro as a
Young
Revolutionary
Communism: an economic
system that states all
property is controlled and
owned by the government.
The opposite of capitalism

7. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
Cuban “Young Pioneers”
What were some of Castro’s reforms??
Nationalized property
Collectivization of Farms
Increased education/medical care
No elections
Alienated the middle class
Disregard for human rights

8. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
The BayofPigs Fiasco: 1961

9. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
The BayofPigs Fiasco: 1961
US Plan to use
Cubans to
overthrow
Castro.
Cubans were
trained by the
CIA, which the
US denied.
The mission
was a failure.

10. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
TheCuban “Boat People”
The Cuban Adjustment
Act - 1966

11. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
The Refugee“Problem” Today

12. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
3. The U.S. tried to stop Castro by cutting off all
trade to Cuba…leading to poverty to Cuba

13. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?
TheCuban “Boat People”
The Cuban Adjustment
Act - 1966

14. Aim: How did Fidel Castro change Cuban society?