Answers to President's Day Quiz

The Mariel Boat lift took place during this President's administration. Carter

U.S. President William McKinley requested authorization from the U.S. Congress to intervene in Cuba

The first president who tried to normalize relations with castro's Cuba but stopped when castro sent troops to Angola- Ford

The Reagan administration banned travel by Cuban officials to United States.

United States began anti-government propaganda broadcasts to Cuba over Radio Marti under President Reagan.

Carter lifted the ban on travel to Cuba.

When castro came to Washington in 1959, this then- vice president had to meet with him when the president refused to. Nixon

The Bay of Pigs invasion was PLANNED under this president's administration but carried out by the next administration- Eisenhower

When this president was in office, Congress tighted sanctions and prohibited foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens and family remittances to Cuba. George H.W Bush

This former 2008 Presidential candidate barred castro from attending the 50th anniversary of the United Nations and special events related to it. Giuliani

Under this president, 6 year old refugee Elian Gonzalez was removed from his relatives home in Miami on Easter Sunday to be returned to his father in Cuba. Clinton

The Helms-Burton act was passed during this president's administration- Clinton

Addressing members of the Cuban Invasion Brigade fromt he Bay of Pigs invasion and thousands of Cuban exiles at the Orange Bowl, this president, upon receiving the brigade's flag, told the exiles: "I can assure you that this flag will be returned to this brigade in a free Havana."  JFK

Cuban political prisoner Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by this president. George W. Bush

This 2008 presidential candidate was called a liar by castro for stating that POW's in Hanoi were tortured by a Cubans in Vietnam. McCain

One of the volunteers in this 2008 presidential candidate's campaign displayed a giant Cuban flag with che guevara's face on it at a local campaign headquarters in Texas. Obama

The Cuban adjustment act was passed under this president- Johnson