ProCon’s Cuba Quiz
- Question: In the history of U.S.-Cuba relations, what was the “wet foot, dry foot” policy?
- Answer: “Wet foot, dry foot” was the informal name of U.S. immigration policy from 1995 to 2017 that sent Cuban migrants intercepted at sea (“wet foot”) back to Cuba but allowed those who reached U.S. shores (“dry foot”) to remain in the U.S.
- Question: In terms of U.S.-Cuba relations, what is “el bloqueo”?
- Answer: All of these are true about “el bloqueo.”
- Question: What did Pres. John F. Kennedy do the night before he signed the U.S. embargo of Cuba in 1962?
- Answer: The night before he approved the embargo of Cuba, which would terminate U.S. access to Cuban products, President Kennedy asked his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, to procure for him as many Cuban cigars as possible.
- Question: Which of the following is an argument for continuing the U.S. embargo of Cuba?
- Answer: This is a common argument for continuing the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
- Question: Which of the following is an argument for ending the U.S. embargo of Cuba?
- Answer: This is a common argument for ending the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
- Question: Which of the following is true about U.S.-Cuba relations since the 1960s?
- Answer: All of these are true about U.S. relations with Cuba since the 1960s.
- Question: In the history of U.S.-Cuba relations, what does “Bay of Pigs” refer to?
- Answer: “Bay of Pigs” refers to the failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by U.S.-trained Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government in Cuba.
- Question: What was the “Mariel boatlift” of 1980?
- Answer: The “Mariel boatlift” of 1980 was the mass exodus of more than 125,000 Cubans—including political enemies of Fidel Castro and some 2,500 prisoners and patients from mental health facilities—from Mariel Harbor in Cuba to the United States, overwhelming resources in southern Florida.
