Chapter 22 Quiz for Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance

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. By 1925, roughly ______ of Cuba's total sugar crop was exported to the United States.

30 percent correct incorrect

65 percent correct incorrect

80 percent correct incorrect

95 percent correct incorrect

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. Fulgencio Batista was elected president of Cuba for the first time, in a relatively free and fair election, in 1952.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. The relatively high standard of living in Cuban cities was proof of the economic prosperity Batista created.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. Fidel Castro was arrested after

attempting to register as a candidate in the 1952 elections correct incorrect

joining the Ortodoxo Party correct incorrect

attacking the the Moncada military barracks correct incorrect

delivering his "History Will Absolve Me" speech correct incorrect

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. In 1955, in an attempt to quiet dissent and appease critics, Batista

reinstated the Constitution of 1940 correct incorrect

extended the right to vote to women correct incorrect

declared a general amnesty for political prisoners correct incorrect

suspended freedom of speech correct incorrect

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. Castro and his supporters planned their rebellion from a hacienda in

Cuba correct incorrect

Mexico correct incorrect

Nicaragua correct incorrect

El Salvador correct incorrect

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. As discontent with Batista in Cuba rose and Castro prepared to launch a new attack, Batista continued to enjoy the strong support of the United States.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. After Castro's forces met Batista troops almost immediately upon landing in Cuba, only ___ escaped into the mountains.

5 correct incorrect

11 correct incorrect

17 correct incorrect

29 correct incorrect

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. At their peak, the armed insurgents allied with Castro numbered

in the dozens correct incorrect

a few hundred correct incorrect

more than a thousand correct incorrect

nearly 5,000 correct incorrect

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. After Batista fled, the United States recognized the new government immediately.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. Castro responded to U.S. threats to impose a complete embargo by

initiating negotiations with the Soviet Union correct incorrect

denying any affiliation with the Communist Party correct incorrect

nationalizing US holdings in Cuba correct incorrect

meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon correct incorrect

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. Operation Mongoose was the Kennedy Administration's codename for

the Bay of Pigs invasion correct incorrect

plans to fight the nationalization of U.S. interests in Cuba correct incorrect

the reconnaissance efforts that revealed Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba correct incorrect

efforts to remove Castro and the communists from power in Cuba correct incorrect

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. Sustained efforts by the United States to depose Castro had the unintended effect of making him seem legendary.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. Although changes to civil laws called for equality in the workforce, a new family code still expected women to maintain responsibility for the home and family sphere.

true correct incorrect

false correct incorrect

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. In the first three years of the revolution, roughly ______ Cubans fled to the United States.

50,000 correct incorrect

100,000 correct incorrect

175,000 correct incorrect

250,000 correct incorrect

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. The second wave of Cuban refugees was composed mostly of members of the working class because

life was more difficult for the poor in Cuba correct incorrect

wealthier members of society did not wish to risk losing their status and incomes correct incorrect

the Cuban government withheld exit visas from people with desirable skills correct incorrect

members of the upper classes who opposed Castro had mostly fled Cuba in the first wave of refugees correct incorrect