1. Hungary 1956 Flash Cards
HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
Who was Hungary’s hard-line How did he exercise control over the
Communist leader? people?
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What else did the Hungarian people Why did events in Poland make the
complain about? Hungarians more hopeful?
HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
Who became Hungary’s next leader How did Krushchev respond to rioting
in October 1956?
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What announcements did Nagy How did the USSR respond?
make?
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Why did the Western powers not How many casualties were there as a
respond? result of the uprising?

2. HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
Rakosi – a hard-line Communist Through the Secret Police (AVO),
censorship, and the presence of
Soviet troops in Hungary itself
HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
The discouragement of Catholicism Krushchev had appointed Gomulka, a
and a restricted education reformer, as leader of the Communist
Party, and allowed more freedom
HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
Gero – yet he was not popular with Krushchev appointed the more
the people moderate Nagy as leader, yet he also
sent tanks to Budapest the capital
HUNGARY 1956 HUNGARY 1956
Nagy announced that one party rule Over 200,000 Soviet troops and 2500
would end, and that Hungary would tanks arrive ed in Budapest – fighting
leave the Warsaw Pact between the Soviets and the
Hungarian people began
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The West was concerned with the Over 27,000 Hungarians died – Nagy
Suez Crisis in Egypt; furthermore the was hanged by the Soviets
USA was interested in containing
communism, but not invading
countries under the influence of the
USSR

3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA FLASH CARDS
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
Who had replaced Krushchev as What was life like in Czechoslovakia?
leader of the USSR?
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968
Who was appointed as leader of What did he want to provide for the
Czechoslovakia in 1968? Czech people?
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What reforms were now introduced? How did Dubcek attempt to reassure
Brezhnev?
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What was Brezhnev’s reaction? Why was Brezhnev so concerned?
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 HUNGARY 1956
What took place in August 1968? What caused further protests in
February 1969?
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What happened to Dubcek? What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?

4. CZECHOSLOVAKIA FLASH CARDS
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Brezhnev – he continued the policy of No freedom of speech, censorship, no
firm control of the USSR’s satellite free elections, lack of consumer
states goods
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Dubcek Socialism with a Human Face! Raising
living standards and give them more
freedom
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Freedom of speech, more foreign He said that Czechoslovakia had no
travel, and greater freedom for trade intention of leaving the Warsaw Pact
unions
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He was not convinced Dubcek’s reforms would lead to calls
for other reforms in eastern European
countries; if Czechoslovakia left the
Warsaw Pact, the USSR would lose a
vital barrier against West German
expansion
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1968 HUNGARY 1956
Warsaw pact forces entered The funeral of Jan Palach who set
Czechoslovakia and took control – himself on fire; also the Czech victory
there was no street fighting however over the USSR at ice hockey
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Hw was arrested and sent to The USSR announced it was the task
Moscow; he was replaced as leader of all Warsaw pact countries to resist
an attempt by any member to
abandon communism