Question 1

Which of these was not a reason for U.S. opposition to Ramón Grau San Martín's revolutionary government?

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A)  Grau suspended repayment of loans to New York bankers. 
B)  Grau confiscated two U.S.-owned sugar mills. 
C)  Grau opposed the creation of democratic political institutions and free elections. 
D)  Grau's social reforms threatened elite power and U.S. hegemony. 
A)  Grau suspended repayment of loans to New York bankers. 
B)  Grau confiscated two U.S.-owned sugar mills. 
C)  Grau opposed the creation of democratic political institutions and free elections. 
D)  Grau's social reforms threatened elite power and U.S. hegemony.

Question 2

Santería was a

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A)  network of secret mutual aid societies created by Afro-Cubans to resist enslavement. 
B)  Spanish cultural tradition combining ritual practices like Catholicism and Freemasonry. 
C)  system of discrimination that denied Afro-Cubans education, health care, and jobs. 
D)  popular religion that drew on African cultural traditions to resist Cuban apartheid. 
A)  network of secret mutual aid societies created by Afro-Cubans to resist enslavement. 
B)  Spanish cultural tradition combining ritual practices like Catholicism and Freemasonry. 
C)  system of discrimination that denied Afro-Cubans education, health care, and jobs. 
D)  popular religion that drew on African cultural traditions to resist Cuban apartheid.

Question 3

The major accomplishment of the first occupation was

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A)  the conquest of yellow fever. 
B)  the establishment of democratic principles. 
C)  the creation of a rural police force. 
D)  the eradication of hookworm. 
A)  the conquest of yellow fever. 
B)  the establishment of democratic principles. 
C)  the creation of a rural police force. 
D)  the eradication of hookworm.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATION
-Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín

Accepted Answer

Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín was a prominen

Question 5

IDENTIFICATION
-Antonio Maceo

Accepted Answer

Antonio Maceo Grajales was a prominent f

Question 6

Assess the successes and failures of the Cuban Revolution since 1959.

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The Cuban Revolution, which took place i

Question 7

Tomas Estrada Palma was the first

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A)  leader of the Cuba Libre movement to win popular election to the presidency. 
B)  democratically elected president of a truly independent, sovereign Cuban nation. 
C)  Cuban revolutionary to oppose foreign imperialism and local elite domination. 
D)  Cuban president to submit to U.S. pressures and curry favor among local elites through patronage and corruption. 
A)  leader of the Cuba Libre movement to win popular election to the presidency. 
B)  democratically elected president of a truly independent, sovereign Cuban nation. 
C)  Cuban revolutionary to oppose foreign imperialism and local elite domination. 
D)  Cuban president to submit to U.S. pressures and curry favor among local elites through patronage and corruption.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATION
-José Martí

Accepted Answer

José Martí was a Cuban national hero and

Question 9

The Cuban Revolution's greatest achievements include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatic improvements in gender and racial equality. 
B)  full employment, widespread homeownership, and rent controls. 
C)  a literacy crusade that reduced illiteracy from 24 to 4 percent. 
D)  the elimination of dependency on sugar monoculture and foreign exports. 
A)  dramatic improvements in gender and racial equality. 
B)  full employment, widespread homeownership, and rent controls. 
C)  a literacy crusade that reduced illiteracy from 24 to 4 percent. 
D)  the elimination of dependency on sugar monoculture and foreign exports.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATION
-Fidel Castro

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

Question 11

Which of the following was not a major goal of the first U.S. occupation of Cuba from 1899 to 1902?

Accepted Answer

A)  To establish democratic principles. 
B)  To make Cuba a self-governing protectorate. 
C)  To repair the destruction of war. 
D)  To absorb Cuba into the economic sphere of the United States. 
A)  To establish democratic principles. 
B)  To make Cuba a self-governing protectorate. 
C)  To repair the destruction of war. 
D)  To absorb Cuba into the economic sphere of the United States.

Question 12

How did Cuban popular culture both reflect and shape the process of national development?

Accepted Answer

Cuban popular culture has played a signi

Question 13

The postwar collapse of sugar prices

Accepted Answer

A)  led to gradual diversification of Cuban agriculture and decline of sugar monoculture. 
B)  undermined local support for Enoch Crowder's democratically elected government. 
C)  produced a downward economic spiral known as "the dance of the millions." 
D)  exposed the consequences of foreign domination and ignited nationalistic social protests. 
A)  led to gradual diversification of Cuban agriculture and decline of sugar monoculture. 
B)  undermined local support for Enoch Crowder's democratically elected government. 
C)  produced a downward economic spiral known as "the dance of the millions." 
D)  exposed the consequences of foreign domination and ignited nationalistic social protests.

Question 14

Cuban electoral politics from 1904 to 1924 were characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  remarkably honest elections. 
B)  the dominance of the Socialist party. 
C)  corruption and vote fraud. 
D)  relative peacefulness. 
A)  remarkably honest elections. 
B)  the dominance of the Socialist party. 
C)  corruption and vote fraud. 
D)  relative peacefulness.

Question 15

IDENTIFICATION
-Turpie-Foraker Bill

Accepted Answer

The Turpie-Foraker Bill was a piece of p

Question 16

IDENTIFICATION
-Dance of the Millions

Accepted Answer

The "Dance of the Millions" refers to a

Question 17

IDENTIFICATION
-Ten Million Ton Harvest

Accepted Answer

The phrase "Ten Million Ton Harvest" cou

Question 18

Cubans feared that the U.S. aimed to replace Spanish domination of Cuba because McKinley

Accepted Answer

A)  denounced counterinsurgency tactics employed by Spanish General Valeriano Weyler. 
B)  opposed the Turpie-Foraker and Teller Amendments that recognized Cuban belligerency and forbade annexation. 
C)  endorsed white supremacist policies in the U.S. south and feared "a race war" in Cuba. 
D)  supported the Platt Amendment to the Cuban Constitution of 1903. 
A)  denounced counterinsurgency tactics employed by Spanish General Valeriano Weyler. 
B)  opposed the Turpie-Foraker and Teller Amendments that recognized Cuban belligerency and forbade annexation. 
C)  endorsed white supremacist policies in the U.S. south and feared "a race war" in Cuba. 
D)  supported the Platt Amendment to the Cuban Constitution of 1903.

Question 19

IDENTIFICATION
-Teller Amendment

Accepted Answer

The Teller Amendment was an important le

Question 20

The book that Fidel Castro wrote while in prison made him famous throughout Cuba. It was entitled

Accepted Answer

A)  History Will Absolve Me. 
B)  Nunca Más (Never Again). 
C)  Memoirs of a Prisoner. 
D)  Prisoner Without Name, Cell Without Number. 
A)  History Will Absolve Me. 
B)  Nunca Más (Never Again). 
C)  Memoirs of a Prisoner. 
D)  Prisoner Without Name, Cell Without Number.

Which of these was not a reason for U.S. opposition to Ramón Grau San Martín's revolutionary government?

Santería was a

The major accomplishment of the first occupation was

IDENTIFICATION -Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín

IDENTIFICATION -Antonio Maceo

Assess the successes and failures of the Cuban Revolution since 1959.

Tomas Estrada Palma was the first

IDENTIFICATION -José Martí

The Cuban Revolution's greatest achievements include all of the following except

IDENTIFICATION -Fidel Castro

Which of the following was not a major goal of the first U.S. occupation of Cuba from 1899 to 1902?

How did Cuban popular culture both reflect and shape the process of national development?

The postwar collapse of sugar prices

Cuban electoral politics from 1904 to 1924 were characterized by

IDENTIFICATION -Turpie-Foraker Bill

IDENTIFICATION -Dance of the Millions

IDENTIFICATION -Ten Million Ton Harvest

Cubans feared that the U.S. aimed to replace Spanish domination of Cuba because McKinley

IDENTIFICATION -Teller Amendment

The book that Fidel Castro wrote while in prison made him famous throughout Cuba. It was entitled

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

Twilight of the Tyrants: Revolution and Prolonged Popular War in Central America

Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

Deconstructing the State: Dictatorship and Neoliberal Markets

Transcending Neoliberalism: Electoral Engaños and Popular Resistance to the Dictatorship of Markets

The Two Americas: United States-Latin American Relations

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Exam 7: Cuba: The Revolutionary Socialist Alternative to Populism

Which of these was not a reason for U.S. opposition to Ramón Grau San Martín's revolutionary government?

Santería was a

The major accomplishment of the first occupation was

IDENTIFICATION -Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín

IDENTIFICATION -Antonio Maceo

Assess the successes and failures of the Cuban Revolution since 1959.

Tomas Estrada Palma was the first

IDENTIFICATION -José Martí

The Cuban Revolution's greatest achievements include all of the following except

IDENTIFICATION -Fidel Castro

Which of the following was not a major goal of the first U.S. occupation of Cuba from 1899 to 1902?

How did Cuban popular culture both reflect and shape the process of national development?

The postwar collapse of sugar prices

Cuban electoral politics from 1904 to 1924 were characterized by

IDENTIFICATION -Turpie-Foraker Bill

IDENTIFICATION -Dance of the Millions

IDENTIFICATION -Ten Million Ton Harvest

Cubans feared that the U.S. aimed to replace Spanish domination of Cuba because McKinley

IDENTIFICATION -Teller Amendment

The book that Fidel Castro wrote while in prison made him famous throughout Cuba. It was entitled

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

Twilight of the Tyrants: Revolution and Prolonged Popular War in Central America

Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

Deconstructing the State: Dictatorship and Neoliberal Markets

Transcending Neoliberalism: Electoral Engaños and Popular Resistance to the Dictatorship of Markets

The Two Americas: United States-Latin American Relations

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