The Thaw

Question 1

What was the Hungarian uprising, 1956?

Answer 1

After World War II Hungary fell within the Soviet sphere of influence and elections were tightly controlled to ensure communists came to power

Question 2

What was the process de-Stalinisation ?

Answer 2

After Stalin’s death in February 1956, new soviet leader Khrushchev criticised Stalin’s brutality and suggested a more open and peaceful approach from the government. This was known as de-Stalinisation

Question 3

Information about the uprising
on the 23rd of October 1956 students took to the streets of the Hungarian capital Budapest. They issued a list of demands that included

Answer 3

• greater freedoms and civil rights
• The removal of a Rákosi and the return of the exiled Imre Nagy, a Communist who supported reform
• the withdrawal of soviet troops

Question 4

What was ‘A new Hungary’?

Answer 4

With Soviet tanks being gone, and Nagy as a prime minister it was seemed that life in the country would improve

Question 5

What was announced on the 1st November 1956?

Answer 5

On the 1st of November in 1956 he had announced that Hungary was now an independent and neutral country

Question 6

What were some effects of the Cold War?

Answer 6

The process of de-Stalinisation in the USSR, Khrushchev had shown that he was willing to do anything to keep countries under Moscow’s control

Question 7

What was the U2 crisis?

Answer 7

U2 spy planes were USA’s planes that was successfully able to photograph weapons development without detection

Question 8

What did the USA say the U2 spy planes were for?

Answer 8

The America said that it was a weather plan that had strayed into the Soviet territory but the Soviet union didn’t believe that

Question 9

Summarising of the Hungarian uprising

Answer 9

The Hungarian uprising was a response to de-Stalinisation and Khrushchev’s promise of a new approach

Question 10

What did the Imre Nagy lead to?

Answer 10

The Imran Nagy lead the reforms in Hungary which included greater freedoms and leaving the Warsaw Pact

Question 11

What did the U2 spy plane lead to?

Answer 11

The shooting down of the YouTube spy plane in 1960 led to the failure of the Paris peace summit

Question 12

What happened once Eisenhower left?

Answer 12

One Eisenhower left the office (1961), tension was very high between the east and west