unit 6

Prague spring

berlin wall

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why was there opposition in Czech

how did soviet union respond

less censorship, more freedome

outcome

there was only one opposition in czech

due to socialism with human face

troops performed public training exercises on czech border

soviet tanks moved to czech

USSR tried a lot of methods to slow him down

USSR thought about imposing economic sections

Dubcek was expressed loyalty to communism

Dubcek was remove from power

there was little violent resistance

eastern europe leaders feared

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why was leaving a problem for the ussr

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why did Germans wanted to leave??

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some left because of political reasons

as standards of living in E.E fell further and further behind west

it showed that it was possible to fight commusnim

1,000's leaving communism meant rule for a better life

those who were defecting were very often highly skilled workers or managers

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