Czechoslovakia Flashcards

1
Q

What did dubcek believe in

A

Communism with a human face

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2
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List five of the reforms he made

A

Freedom of travel

Increased trade in the West

High standard of living

Freedom of speech

Basic human rights

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3
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What was dubcek clear about? Why ?

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That they would stay in the Warsaw Pact as they did not want an uprising similar to Hungary

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4
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What was Brezhnev worried about

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He was worried that this could lead to gaps in the Iron Curtain

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5
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What happened on 20 August 1968

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Soviet tanks entered Czechoslovakia and remembering what happened in Hungary the Czechoslovak government did not resist only the people rebelled

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6
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What’s happened to the re forms at the end of the uprising

A

They were all withdrawn

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7
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What happened to dubcek at the end

A

He was dismissed

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8
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Who’s Brezhnev

What did he say

What did This mean

A

A Russian leader

Any country which try’s to breakaway from soviet control is considered threat to the Warsaw Pact

Ended hopes of reforming communism the doctrine remained in force until it was reversed by President Gorbachev

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9
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After the czechs wanted change there was a new leader what was his name

A

Alexander dubcek

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