Flashcards: Cuban History: From Colonization to Contemporary — 11 cards

Columbus — sighted Cuba?

October 27, 1492

Columbus in Cuba — year?

1492, named the island Juana.

Indigenous groups — fate?

Eliminated or died early

Indigenous groups — fate?

Eradicated or marginalized by colonization.

Spanish colonization — economy?

Agriculture and pastoralism

José Martí — role?

National hero, symbol of independence.

19th-century Cuba — economic shift?

Sugar revolution made it a major exporter.

Ten Years’ War — outcome?

First independence attempt, failed.

1898 Spanish-American War — cause?

USS Maine explosion, U.S. intervention.

Cuba — independence year?

1902, U.S. influence via Platt Amendment.

Fidel Castro — rise?

1959 revolution overthrew Batista.