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Cuba caused problems in the US since Castro was brought to power in 1959, in the revolution. Castro forced all US businesses and investments to leave Cuba. In retaliation, the USA refused to buy cubas main export; sugar. This was in the middle of the cold war, so the Soviet Union saw a way to gain influence in the carribean. The Soviet Union quickly offered to buy Cuban sugar and also provide machinery, oil and technological assistance to Cuba. Cuba agreed. Castro was now linked with the Soviet Union and he professed that his political views were towards communism. As a result of the Soviet involvment in Cuba, the USA broke off relations with Cuba in January 1961. Shortly after this, Cuba declared itself communist. This worried the USA, because communism was now closer to home then ever. This all then lead to the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis.
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∙ 8y agoBecause it's a little over 70 miles from the United States to Cuba. We didn't want a Communist Outpost that close to the US mainland.
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Cuba had/has a state capitalist government, not a Communist one. immunise is a classless society with nor rulers or state.
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∙ 8y agoCuba is geographically close to America
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∙ 12y agoBecause Cuba has a scary dictator
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Which of the following motivated the US to support the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Answer this question… It wanted to overthrow Cuba's communist government
Why did the US government not like Fidel Castro?
the us government will not trade with cuba because it is a communist country
The US government broke off relations with because it feared the Communist tendencies of s government?
Cuba and Fidel Castro's
Why did the US government oppose Fidel Castro's taking power in Cuba?
Fidel Castro planned to create a communist government in Cuba, and it seemed dangerous having a country with communist ties that close to the continental US. This was soon proved true in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October, 1962.
The plan of the US to overthrow the communist government of Cuba was the .?
The failed Bay of Pigs operation in 1961.
Why were the Americans afraid of the US having the nuclear base at Cuba?
Cuba is too close to the US.
Name the closest communist country to the US?
Cuba
Did Cuba become independent on 1902 or 1898?
Cuba didn't gain independence until the communist revolution in 1959. Between 1898 and 1959 it was a puppet state controlled by the US government. The US acquired Cuba after the Spanish-American war in 1898
Why is the US afraid of cuba?
cuban missle crisis.
Does the US rule Cuba?
No! Cuba is ruled by the communist government over there, currently headed by Raul Castro (Fidel Castro's brother.) In fact the united states has an embargo with Cuba making trading between Cuba and the united states illegal which has been in place for years.
What is the US foreign policy towards Cuba?
The policy has eased in the past years. Americans are still not allowed to travel to Cuba, but Americans who have immediate family in Cuba are allowed to visit. most of the reason that the us government hates Cuba is because they are a communist nation, and they have a dictator, which America highly disapproves of. Hope this helps :)
Biggest economic impact on the US in the 1960s?
the Communist Revolution in Cuba
