1.Why was Cuba seen as a “crown jewel” of the Spanish empire in the Americas 2.What led…

1.Why was Cuba seen as a “crown jewel” of the Spanish empire in the Americas
2.What led the United States to intervene in Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain? How might the U.S. government have acted differently?
3.Assess the U.S. role in Cuban politics from the 1930s through the 1950s. What were the most significant changes, and what were the underlying continuities?
4.To what extent did the Cuban Revolution emerge from social and political conditions on the island—and to what extent was it a singular creation of Fidel Castro?
5.What was the original rationale for the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, and what explains its continuation to the present day?
6.What are the principal achievements of the Cuban Revolution, and what are its most significant failures? Would Cuba be better off today if there had never been a revolution?
Book: Modern Latin America. Peter H. Smith, James N. Green. 2019. 9th Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 13: 978-0190674670