Question

Which statement best describes the U.S. relationship with Cuba prior to the rise of Fidel Castro in 1959?

Responses

Cuba enjoyed a large trade surplus over the United States.
Cuba enjoyed a large trade surplus over the United States.

Cuba trained terrorists who attacked targets in the United States.
Cuba trained terrorists who attacked targets in the United States.

The U.S. military governed Cuba as a colony.
The U.S. military governed Cuba as a colony.

American companies dominated Cuba's economy.
American companies dominated Cuba's economy.

Answer 1

American companies dominated Cuba's economy.

U.S. firms controlled large sugar plantations, utilities, mines and other key sectors, and U.S. economic and political influence (e.g., the Platt Amendment era) fueled Cuban resentment before Castro's 1959 revolution.