IB History Topic Consolidation and Maintenance: Castro's Legal Methods Revision Notes (SL/HL)

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Legal methods

Note

The periods for the case study of Castro are as follows:
- Rise/Emergence to power: 1953-1959
- Consolidation of power: 1959-1962
- Maintenance: 1962-2008 (but for paper 2 you can safely study until 1991, when the USSR collapses)

The Triumph of the Revolution and the Consolidation of Power: Legal (and not so legal) methods

Castro saw Batista’s fall as only the start; he aimed to reorganize Cuba’s social and economic systems.
Key goal: end U.S. dominance over trade, land, and industry, which he blamed for inequality and poverty.
Promises: land redistribution, higher wages, fairer work conditions, universal healthcare and education.
Old regime purged: Batista’s officials arrested, imprisoned, or executed in rapid, controversial trials.
Provisional government (1959): included moderates like Urrutia, but Castro, as head of the armed forces, held real power.
From his base at the Havana Hilton, Castro sidelined moderates while the 26th of July Movement and PSP gained dominance.
Provisional government collapse (1959): By July, PM José Miró Cardona resigned over radical reforms; Castro became prime minister.
President Urrutia forced out (1959): Accused of blocking reforms, replaced by Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, loyal to Castro.
Consolidation of power (1961–65):
1. Revolutionary factions merged into Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (ORI) (1961).

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Legal methods

Note

The periods for the case study of Castro are as follows:
- Rise/Emergence to power: 1953-1959
- Consolidation of power: 1959-1962
- Maintenance: 1962-2008 (but for paper 2 you can safely study until 1991, when the USSR collapses)

The Triumph of the Revolution and the Consolidation of Power: Legal (and not so legal) methods

Castro saw Batista’s fall as only the start; he aimed to reorganize Cuba’s social and economic systems.
Key goal: end U.S. dominance over trade, land, and industry, which he blamed for inequality and poverty.
Promises: land redistribution, higher wages, fairer work conditions, universal healthcare and education.
Old regime purged: Batista’s officials arrested, imprisoned, or executed in rapid, controversial trials.
Provisional government (1959): included moderates like Urrutia, but Castro, as head of the armed forces, held real power.
From his base at the Havana Hilton, Castro sidelined moderates while the 26th of July Movement and PSP gained dominance.
Provisional government collapse (1959): By July, PM José Miró Cardona resigned over radical reforms; Castro became prime minister.
President Urrutia forced out (1959): Accused of blocking reforms, replaced by Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, loyal to Castro.
Consolidation of power (1961–65):
1. Revolutionary factions merged into Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (ORI) (1961).

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Paper 1 - The Move to Global War6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Rights and Protest6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Conflict and Intervention6 subtopics

Paper 2 - Independence Movements5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Emergence and Development of Democratic States5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Authoritarian States7 subtopics

Paper 2 - Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars4 subtopics

Paper 2 - The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries4 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Europe18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of the Americas18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania18 subtopics

IB History Consolidation and Maintenance: Castro's Legal Methods Notes

Legal methods

The Triumph of the Revolution and the Consolidation of Power: Legal (and not so legal) methods

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The Triumph of the Revolution and the Consolidation of Power: Legal (and not so legal) methods

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Paper 1 - The Move to Global War6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Rights and Protest6 subtopics

Paper 1 - Conflict and Intervention6 subtopics

Paper 2 - Independence Movements5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Emergence and Development of Democratic States5 subtopics

Paper 2 - Authoritarian States7 subtopics

Paper 2 - Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars4 subtopics

Paper 2 - The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries4 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Europe18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of the Americas18 subtopics

Paper 3 - History of Asia and Oceania18 subtopics