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Collapse of the USSR (Hungarian Uprising of 1956 (Insert a map of Hungary)…
Collapse of the USSR
Hungarian Uprising of 1956
(Insert a map of Hungary)
Causes:
Long-term anger about Soviet Rule
Politica
l
Thought the U.S. or U.N. would help
Repression: I
ndividual Freedoms were very restricted
**
Secret Police -
AVH
Education controls
HIgh executions and arrests
Religion
Hungarians were
Catholic
but religion was banned under communism.
Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty
had been arrested, tortured, and put in jail.**
Economics
Food and supplies sent to Russia while Hungarians starved and lived in poor conditions
Reasons change might have been possible
U.N.
Hungarians believed the U.S. or U.N. would help them
Stalin
Had died and Khrushchev had promised a less oppressive form of Communism
Poland
Had been allowed to have some changes In working conditions, wages, and hours after going on strike
Important People
Imre Nagy
-
Cardinal Mindszenty: Hungarian Catholic leader arrested, tortured, and put in jail
Khrushchev
Response
Pro
Con
Prague Spring 1968
(Insert a map of Czechoslovakia)
Important People
Causes
Economic
Political
Reforms
Response
Pro
Con
Which Event was Worse? Why?
Successful Strike in Poland