Decling Economy

Question 1

What was the Czech economy looking like in the 1960’s ?

Answer 1

It was in serious decline

Question 2

What did the decline in economy lead to ?

Answer 2

Decreased standard of living

Question 3

What did the Soviet Union do to Czech production ?

Answer 3

Forced Czechoslovakian industry to produce raw materials such as steel for the soviet economy
However the Czech economy needed those raw materials

Question 4

What did the Soviet Union do to Czech factories ?

Answer 4

Stopped them from producing consumer goods

Question 5

How did Novotny try to counter act the declining economy ?

Answer 5

The new economic model in 1965 however this was unsuccessful since it produced a surplus of consumer goods that few could afford

Question 6

How did the Czechoslovakian public react to the declining economy ?

Answer 6

Enraged many as they demanded greater democracy

Question 7

What happens in October 1967?

Answer 7

A number of reforms such as Alexander Dubcek and the economist Ota Sik
Challenged Novotny’s leadership at a meeting of the central committee of the communist party

Question 8

What happened in December 1967 ?

Answer 8

Dubcek invited Leonor Brezhnev , who was a soviet leader,to Prauge
Brezhnev was surprised by the amount of opposition