Lualdi 28.1-5 Summaries

Question 1

Summarize What Lies Ahead by Josef Smrkovsky.

Answer 1

1) Wanted Political Chance in Czech
2) Czech need to Work With Slovaks to change the Communist Party
3) Head of the Communist Party but Wanted Reforms for more Freedom
4) Reforms Suchas Free Speech, Press, Religion and Assembly
5) Create a New Liberal Communist Party
6) crushed by the USSR.

Question 2

Summarize Student Voices and Protest.

Answer 2

1) Lost of Protesting on College Campuses
2) Dealt With Racial and Anti-War issues.
3) Occupied Buildings, Shut Down Classes, and Went on Strike
4) Frustration With SQ and a Drive for Change

Question 3

Summarize the Saudi Ban on Oil Shipments to the United States.

Answer 3

1) US aided Israel in defending them from Arabs
2) This was an attempt to Punish the US by Raising the Price of Oil and Cutting the US off
3) It worked because a new sense of nationalism
4) Arab nations are okay to do what they do but it could hurt military sales.

Question 4

Summarize New French Antiterrorist Laws by Jacques Chirac.

Answer 4

1) Syrian terrorists are blowing things up cause their leader is in jail.
2) Mandatory Visas and identity check
3) Proper security for public places and increased security
4) Check everything for bombs and weapons.

Question 5

Summarize Glasnot and The Soviet Press.

Answer 5

1) Openness to Western Culture
2) Came from Gorbachov wanting a better economy
3) Perestroika called for Soviet government reform
4) Criticized Gorbachev in Newspapers
5) Gorbachev attached back and threatened to return to Lenin’s principles.