History SL:Fidel Castro – Domestic Policy – Flashcards
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what would 'hombre nuevo' be motivated by?
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moral incentives
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what did agrarian reforms in 1959-63 abolish?
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private farms over 67 hectares
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by 1963 what percentage of farms were under state control?
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70
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when was the literacy campaign?
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1961
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what percentage did wages increase by?
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40
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what bills were reduced?
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rent utility
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by 1967 what was free of charge?
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social services healthcare
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after a failed attempt to break the reliance on sugar what was sugar used for?
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to pay for investment in new fields
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what was the problem with JUCEPLAN?
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inefficient and onexperienced
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what was the aim amount to harvest?
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10 million tons
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what was the largest amount harvested ever achieved?
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8.5 million tons
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why did parts of the economy collapse in the 1960s?
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underinvestment undermanning
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what was the rise of GDP in the 1960s?
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3%
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when does Castro join COMECON?
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1972
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when is the first 5 year plan?
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1975
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what was the rise in GDP in the 1970s?
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10%
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what happens to the sugar industry in the 1970s?
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mechanisation of sugar harvest
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what did the 1970s and 80s 'sovietisation' create the image of
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prosperity and flourish state services
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what was the culture in the 1970s known as?
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grey period
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what did the peso fluctuate from between 1974 and 1982
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60 cents to 4
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what did the collapse of Soviet Communism lead to for the Cuban economy?
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no guaranteed markets no supplies no subsidies
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what did Castro declare after communism fell?
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siege economy
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by what percentage did exports and imports decrease by between 1991-3?
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80
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by what percentage did GDP fall by between 1991-3?
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34
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by what percentage did income fall by between 1991-3?
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40
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what percentage of oil from the 1980s did Cuba receive in the 1990s
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10
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what type of diet did the common cuban change to?
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vegetarian
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by 1994 how many people had emigrated?
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33,000
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which act increased the US embargo on Cuba
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Helms-Burton Act 1996
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what was the EU alienated by?
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Castro's death penalty
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what happened to transport in the 1990s?
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adapted to animals and bicycles
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what happened to tourism in the 1990s?
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largely increased
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by what percentage did GDP increase by in 1999?
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6.2
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what was the revenue from tourism in 2000?
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$1.6 billion
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what negatives came with tourism?
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corruption bribes prostitution
