Czechoslovakia 1968-69

Question 1

When did Stalin support a coup in Czechslovakia?

Answer 1

1948 which made the country communist

Question 2

Why was life under Soviet rule in Czechslovakia hard?

Answer 2

There were secret police
The Czech economy was run for the benifit of the USSR
Few consumer goods for the Czech people
No freedom of speach
Ceansership of radio, TV and newspapers
The government carried out purges between 1949-54 of oppositions including Catholics and Jews

Question 3

What happened as a result of a communist Czechslovakia?

Answer 3

Students made demonstrations

Question 4

Who was elected leader of Czechslovakia in 1968

Answer 4

Alexander Dubcek

Question 5

What were Dubcek’s belifes?

Answer 5

He was devoted to the warsaw pact and was a devoted communist

He though the government shoud offer “sociolism with a human face”

Question 6

What is the prague spring?

Answer 6

The name of the reforms that Dubcek introduced

Question 7

What were part of the prague spring?

Answer 7

Censorship was relaxed
Criticism of the governments actions were alloud
Trade unions were given wider powers
Government controll of industry was reduced
Reginal Czech governments were given more power
Trade with the west increased
Czech people were given more freedom to travel abroad
The idea of multi-party election’s were discussed but it was emphasised that it wouldn’t happen for years

Question 8

What effects did the Prague Spring have?

Answer 8

Czech people liked them

Moscow wan’t pleased

Question 9

How did Dubcek assure the USSR?

Answer 9

He said that he would remain in the Warsaw Pactand a loyal ally of the Soviet Union

Question 10

Who replaced Khrushchev?

When?

Answer 10

Brezhnev

1968

Question 11

What other factors may have influenced Brezhnev?

Answer 11

Romania was refusing to attend Warsaw Pact meetings
Tito (Yugoslavian leader) was refusing to accept controll from Moscow
Khrushchev lost power because he was seen as week. Brezhnev wanted to show how he was strong.
Dubcek invited the leaders of Romania and Yugoslavia to Prague for talks

Question 12

What happened after WW2 with Yucoslavia?

When?

Answer 12

Yugoslavia was expelled from cominform

1948

Question 13

Why was Tito once famous?

Answer 13

He wrote a letter to Stalin telling him to stop sending men to kill tito or tito would have to send someone to kill stalin.

Question 14

What did Brezhnev do to threaten Czechoslavia?

Answer 14

He ordered Warsaw Pact troops to carry out manouvers in Czechslovakia to threaten Dubcek

Question 15

Who did Dubcek invite to prague which was the final straw for Brezhnev?

Answer 15

Tito

Ceausescu

Question 16

When did Brezhnev attack Czechoslavia?

Answer 16

August 1968

Question 17

How many troops invaded Czechoslavia?

Answer 17

500,000 Warsaw Troops. This ended the Prague Spring

Question 18

Why was there little resistance to the invasion?

Answer 18

Brezhnev ordered the Czech army to stay inside their barracks
The Czech people could do little against tanks

Question 19

What was the Czech reaction?

Answer 19

Individual acts of bravory like blocking roads

Dubcek told his people not to resist the attack as he didn’t want a high death rate

Question 20

What was the invading forces reaction?

Answer 20

Shocked by the resistance as they were told they had been invited to restore order

Question 21

What happened to Dubcek?

Answer 21

He was arrested and sent to Moscow

There he was ordered to reverce his reforms

He was then replaced in 1969 by Gustav Husak

Question 22

When was Dubcek arrested?

Answer 22

1969

Question 23

Who replaced Dubcek?

Answer 23

Gustav Husak

Question 24

What did Dubcek’s sucesser first do?

Answer 24

Introduced a clampdown which had thousands of Czechs arrested

Question 25

When was the Brezhnev Doctrine announced?

Answer 25

September 1968

Question 26

What did the Brezhnev Doctrine say?

Answer 26

Other Communist countries will help stop other communist countries from making reforms using force if necesary

All countries are responcible to maintain communism

Question 27

Who was Jan Palach?

Answer 27

20 year old student in January 1969 set himself on fire in protest and died 3 days later

Question 28

Impact of the Prague Spring in Czechoslavia?

Answer 28

Ended the prague spring

People were unhappy

Question 29

Impact of the Prague Spring in other communist cou trys/groups in europe

Answer 29

Yugoslavia and Romania condemed the USSR making relations worse
Communsit parties in Italy and France cut links with Moscow
East Germany and Poland welcomed the aproach
Lead to greater Soviet controll in the Warsaw Pact

Question 30

Impact of the Prague Spring in the USA?

Answer 30

USA was outraged by the invasion. It strongly apposed the invasion.
UN attempted to pass a formal document condemming the USSR but it was vitoed by the USSR

Question 31

Impact of the Prague Spring in the USSR?

Answer 31

USSR saw that the USA did’t actually do anything (take direct action) led to them being more confident

It worsened the Sino-chiniese relationship

Question 32

Impact of the Prague Spring on superpower relations?

Answer 32

Worsened them

Question 33

Who was the unpopular Czech leader before Dubcek?

Answer 33

Anlori Novolry

Question 34

How many people died from the Invasion of Czechslovakia?

Answer 34

137