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TRB Contesting Cubas

Past and Future
Day One
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Study GuidePart I
1. What happened to the indigenous population when the Spanish arrived in Cuba?
2. List three ways the sugar industry affected Cuba by the middle of the nineteenth century.
a.
b.
c.
3. Why were many people in the United States interested in acquiring Cuba in the 1820s? Give two
reasons.

a. b.
4. Fill in the chart below about the independence movements in Cuba.
Revolts and Rebellions,
1800-1868
Ten Years War,
1868-1878
War for Independence,
1895-1898
What were
the goals?
What were
the results?
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Vocabulary: Be sure that you understand these key terms from Part I of your reading. Circle ones
that you do not know.
social indicators
industrialized countries
developing countries
indigenous communities
colonists
slave labor
strategically important
plantation
export crop
slave economies
racial discrimination
naturalized U.S. citizen
gradual emancipation
martial law
elites
trade policy
sovereignty
social injustice
economic injustice
humanitarian
land redistribution
class structure
constitutional convention
contract labor
coup
domestic politics
nationalism
Contesting Cubas
Past and Future
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5. How did the Spanish respond to the rebellions in the 1895 war for independence?
6. List four reasons historians give for U.S. involvement in Cubas war for independence.
a.
b.
c.
d.
7. Complete the following sentence in your own words:
The Platt Amendment gave the U.S. government...
8. What was the PIC?
9. Cubas share of worldwide sugar production in 1925 was 23 percent. Why was this a problem for
Cuba?
10. Many of Cubas governments in the early twentieth century suffered from a similar problem. What
was it, and how did Cubans eventually respond in the 1930s?
Problem:
Cuban response:
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TRB Contesting Cubas
Past and Future
Day One
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Advanced Study GuidePart I
1. What motivated Spain to colonize Cuba?
2. In what ways did U.S. citizens and companies gain land and interests in Cuba? List the events that
made that possible and how property was gained as a result of the event.
3. On the whole, do you think the sugar industry helped or hindered Cuba in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries? Explain with evidence.
4. Why is Jos Mart important to Cubans?
5. What were the different ethnic groups living in Cuba by the nineteenth century?
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Contesting Cubas
Past and Future
Graphic Organizer
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Struggle for Independence
major topics:
1. 3.
2. 4.
What happened with the sugar industry during this
period?
What happened with race relations during this
period?
How was the United States connected to Cuban
events in this period?
Spanish Rule
major topics:
1. Cuba useful as safe port for Spanish
Empire, but little gold.
2.
3.
4.
What happened with the sugar industry
during this period?
What happened with race relations
during this period?
How was the United States connected to
Cuban events in this period?
Trends in Cubas History
Instructions: In the boxes below, sum-
marize the major ideas for each period
(the rst one is done for you as an ex-
ample). Next, answer the questions about
sugar, race relations, and connections
to the United States during the period.
Finally, consider the extra challenge
question at the bottom.
Extra challenge: How might Cubans differing
understandings of this history affect their views
of the present, and of a future without Fidel?
Cuban Republic
major topics:
1.
2.
What happened with the sugar industry during this period?
What happened with race relations during this period?
How was the United States connected to Cuban events in this
period?
3.
4.
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