Question

Put these six events in chronological order from earliest to latest.

Fulgencio Batista becomes dictator of Cuba and head of its corrupt government.

Fidel Castro leads a Cuban Revolution and sets up a communist government in Cuba.

Cuba is under U.S. control, and the U.S. establishes a military base in Guantánamo Bay.

Independence movements begin to spring up in Latin America.

Spain and Portugal colonize much of Latin America.

Cuba gains independence from Spain in the Spanish-American War.

Answer 1

Chronological order (earliest to latest):

1. Spain and Portugal colonize much of Latin America. (beginning late 1400s–1500s)
2. Independence movements begin to spring up in Latin America. (late 1700s–early 1800s)
3. Cuba gains independence from Spain in the Spanish–American War. (1898; effective independence formalized 1902)
4. Cuba is under U.S. control, and the U.S. establishes a military base in Guantánamo Bay. (U.S. occupation 1898–1902; Guantánamo lease 1903)
5. Fulgencio Batista becomes dictator of Cuba and head of its corrupt government. (authoritarian rule consolidated with 1952 coup)
6. Fidel Castro leads a Cuban Revolution and sets up a communist government in Cuba. (1959)