Revolution Shook the Caribbean Islands

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Revolution Shook the Caribbean Islands

• Section 3
• (pgs 841-843)

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Do Now

• On the Right Side define dissident
• On the Left Side frayer dissident
• Can you think of any country that has not allowed
  its dissidents to emigrate?

Definition Visual
Example Non Example
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Caribbean nations

• Cuban revolution of 1959 brings Communist gov. to
  power only 90 miles away from US shore
• Continual tension between the US and Cuba have
  existed over the last several decades
• The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis were
  two of the most serious clashes between Castros
  government and the US
• Seeing the communist regime in Cuba as a threat
  to security the US intervene in other Caribbean
  nations
• For example, US marines were sent to Dominican
  Republic in 1965 to stop a communist take over

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Practice

• Read section 3 pgs 841-843
• Take notes over section (at least one page) and a
  summary at the end
• Do the section review questions 2, 4,5 and 6
• Under the locate part of section review (3) put
  those places on your map
• Critical thinking Wks 70
• Make an outline to better understand the
  chronological order of events in this section
• In your notebook outline the most important
  events in recent Caribbean history

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