Question

What are two reasons the United States ended trade relation with Cuba in 1961?

1) Fidel Castro planned to declare war against the United States
2) Fidel Castro allied himself with communist countries
3) Fidel Castro was responsible for forcing Fulgencio Batista from Cuba
4) Fidel Castro had sealed all trade routes that connected Cuba and the US
5) Fidel Castro was accepting military aid from the Soviet Union.

Choose 2!

Answer 1

The answer is:

2) Fidel Castro allied himself with communist countries


3) Fidel Castro was responsible for forcing Fulgencio Batista from Cuba


Fulgencio Batista was the elected President of Cuba who had become a US backed dictator. When he was overthrown from power, the United States had lost a close puppet ally.


When Fidel Castro sized power the United States made a weapons Embargo on Cuba. This forced Castro to buy weapons from the Soviet Union, drawing the country closer into communism.

Eventually, this led to a full-blown embargo on Cuba