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Today in History

March 16 , 1959

Grade 5

Fidel Castro Seizes Power in Cuba

On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro became the prime minister of Cuba after leading a successful revolution against the government of Fulgencio Batista. Castro's rise to power would change Cuba's relationship with the United States and reshape the Cold War in the Western Hemisphere...

Vocabulary

revolution Cold War prime minister

Standards: CCSS RI.5.1, CCSS L.5.4, D2.His.2.3-5

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