ELA study cards - Refugee

Name of ship that carried 937 Jewish refugees in hope to find safety

St. Louis

Year that St. Louis left Hamburg Germany

1939

St. Louis was denied entry in these three countries (in order of where it was denied first to last)

Cuba, U.S., Canada

Name of captain of St. Louis

Gustav Shroeder

What four countries from Europe took in the refugees?

Britain, Belguim, France, Netherlands

Which country was the only country that refugees were sent to that had safety from the Nazis?

Britain

Name of the Cuban president of 1994

Fidel Castro

What kind of leader was FIdel Castro?

communist

What is the name of the riot that made Fidel Castro tell Cuban citizens they may leave the country if they so wish?

the Maleconazo riots

During the 5 weeks, how many Cuban citizens attempted to get to America with makeshift rafts and boats?

35,000

Where would the people who were found at sea be taken? This was first announced by President Clinton but then changed after a few months.

Guantanamo Bay

Who became the leader of Syria in the year 2000?

Bashal-al-Assad

There was a big divide between which two social classes during Bashal-al-Assad’s reign in Syria?

The rich and the poor

Riots in support of which political class began and was only met with more violence from the president and his guard?

Pro-democracy

Name of Mahoud’s hometown which is in ruins and being run by a group of rebels.

Aleppo

The president’s forces and allies are responsible for this percent of civilian deaths in Syria.

94%