Czech Crisis

Question 1

WHO was the Czech Crisis? (Political ideology)

Answer 1

The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, backed by the Soviet Union, seized full control of the government.

Question 2

What happened in the Czech Crisis?

Answer 2

The communists eliminated opposition and established a one-party state. This marked Czechoslovakia’s shift into the Eastern Bloc under Soviet influence.

Question 3

When was the Czech Crisis?

Answer 3

1948

Question 4

Key figures in the Czech Crisis?

Answer 4

Klement Gottwald – Communist leader who orchestrated the coup and became Czechoslovakia’s leader.

Edvard Beneš – President who reluctantly accepted the communist takeover.

Jan Masaryk – Foreign Minister and non-communist who mysteriously died soon after the coup.

Josef Stalin – Soviet leader who backed the communists and ensured Czechoslovakia joined the Eastern Bloc.

Question 5

Consequences of the Czech Crisis?

Answer 5

Worsened tensions between the West and the USSR. The crisis contributed to the formal division of Europe and led to the creation of NATO in 1949.