Prague Spring

Question 1

Causes of the Prague Spring

Answer 1

No Money, No Freedom of Speech, Imprisonment

Question 2

CAUSES: MONEY
What was the economic state like in Czech?

Answer 2

Life under communist rule was difficult because the economy was poor and many people believed the USSR controlled the economy for their own benefit (corruption).
There was no freedom of Speech, Censorship in newspapers, the radio, and television.
Many were arrested, including politicians and citizens to keep it under strict control

(Corruption, Money, Freedom of Speech, and Imprisonment.)

Question 3

What was the name of the new leader of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 3

Alexander Dubcek

Question 4

What was the “Prague Spring”?

Answer 4

The changes brought by Alexander Dubcek,
“Socialism with a human face.”
Freedom of Speech,
Less Censorship,
Better Conditions.

Question 5

Definition Doctrine:

Answer 5

Proposal, Agreement, Policy, Beliefs

Question 6

What was the Brezhnev Doctrine?
How was it different to the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 6

The Brezhnev doctrine prevented them (Warsaw Pact countries) from leaving the pact/going against communism and the USSR.

Those inside the Warsaw Pact were protected from those on the outside (NATO),