The Cuban Revolution

1.) What methods did the group(s) use to express their frustrations and ultimately lead to a revolution? a. What fidel castro and his brother did was to gather a 100 poorly armed gurillas to attack the “moncada barracks” most of them were killed but those who survived were fidel castro and his brother. They were sentenced to 15 years in jail. Bautista freed all political prisoners. Fidel Castro and his brother gathered up all the other Cuban prisoners when they were exiled in Mexico. They eventually came into Cuba and forced Bautista to flee the country. Because no one took power fast enough so Bautista seized power. 2.) How your revolution is similar and/or different to one of the revolutions previously studied?   a. No because the Cubans went out and attacked people without talking about it. The thing that separates the cuaban revolution is that the leader of the revolution fidel castro hated bautista and he attacked him out of random with a 100 badly armed group. 3.) What was the eventual outcome of the revolution, and did the nation/people become better due to the revolution?  a. The outcome of the revolution is that fidel castro became the cuban leader and they nation/people have been living better because of this man. After a rvolution the country should fall into a dictatorship. 4.) Was the revolution justified?  Would other methods have worked?  a.  Justified means to declare innocent or guiltless. Yes, the revolution was justified in public. Groups of people that sided with Fulgencio Bautista like suspected Batista-era agents, policemen, and soldiers were put in public for trial against human rights abuse and war crimes like murder and torture. Bautista’s soldiers were sentence to be executed, some were sentence to life in prison, and others were fortunate to be dismissed from the army and police without prosecution, and some high-ranking officials in the ancien regime were exiled as military attachés. 5.) Briefly state whether or not your revolution follows Crane Brinton’s Stages of Revolution. a. People did not like Fulgencio Batista’s regime.   b. Starting point of revolution is on July 26, 1953. c. Did not follow the Crane Brinton’s stages of revolution because the symptoms and the rising fever occur at the same time of the rebellious act.       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution, http://library.thinkquest.org/18355/the_cuban_revolution_-_1959.html http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/cuba/cuba_rev.htm http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=122 http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/cite/cuba1956.htm