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Answer each of these questions: Why was Cuba seen as a “crown jewel” of the Spanish empire in the Americas What led the United States to intervene in Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain? How might the U

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• Answer each of these questions:

• Why was Cuba seen as a “crown jewel” of the Spanish empire in the Americas
• What led the United States to intervene in Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain? How might the U.S. government have acted differently?
• 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?
• 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?
• What was the original rationale for the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, and what explains its continuation to the present day?
• 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?