Cuba+1750-1914

CHART: CHARACTERISTICS OF A CIVILIZATION OR CULTURE NAME: Catherin Duffy PERIOD: 8 DATE: February 9, 2011 CUBA
 * =POLITICAL=
 * **Leaders, Elites**
 * **State Structure**
 * **War**
 * **Diplomacy, Treaties**
 * **Courts, Laws** || * ** 1880s, abolished slavery **
 * ** 1898, Spanish-American War for Cuba's independence, Americans defeated Spanish **
 * Frequent Cuban revolts against Spanish rule
 * United States fought for Cuban independence against Spain because of Cuban U.S. residence, business, and trade
 * U.S. declared war when U.S. warship, "Maine", exploded off of coast of Cuba
 * War lasted a few months
 * Treaty of Paris, peace treaty, Spain gave control of Cuba, Philippine Islands to U.S.
 * Cuba became independent country, not apart of U.S. rule
 * ** Fidel Castro led revolutionary nationalist movement against American-backed government **
 * ** 1959, moved toward Communism, alliance with Soviet Union **
 * ** 1962, missile crisis—Cuba only in U.S. doesn’t invade Cuba ** ||
 * =ECONOMIC=
 * **Type of System**
 * **Technology, Industry**
 * **Trade, Commerce**
 * **Capital/Money**
 * **Types of Businesses** || * ** 1850, beginning of railroad building **
 * ** after Haitian Revolution, Cuba expanded slave workers to produce sugar **
 * ** Cuban sugar found markets in industrialized societies ** ||
 * == RELIGIOUS ==
 * **Holy Books**
 * **Beliefs, Teachings**
 * **Conversion**
 * **Sin/Salvation**
 * **Deities** || * ** Religion of Santeria **
 * ** Merged religion of Catholicism and Yoruba **
 * ** “worship of the saints” ** ||
 * == SOCIAL ==
 * **Family**
 * **Gender Relations**
 * **Social Classes**
 * **Inequalities**
 * **Life Styles** || * ** Communist government tried to gain support of women **
 * ** Women brought back into workforce ** ||
 * == INTELLECTUAL, artS ==
 * **Art, Music**
 * **Writing, Literature**
 * **Philosophy**
 * **Math & Science**
 * **Education** || * ** Communist outpost in west, yet achievements in education and health care for its people ** ||
 * == NEAR: GEOGRAPHY ==
 * **Location**
 * **Physical**
 * **Movement**
 * **Human/Environment**
 * **Region** || * ** Continued tension between Cuba and U.S. **
 * ** 1959, Cuban Revolution against American-backed government ** ||

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