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Unit 6 How Secure was the USSR'S control over Eatern Europe (Berlin…
Unit 6 How Secure was the USSR'S control over Eatern Europe
Hungary
catholic church was banned
they disliked the soviet army living in their country
Hungarians hated communism due to them not having any freedom of speech
Hungarians would make a student protest and also would demand the soviet army
Hungarians resented the presence of thousands of soviet troops
Prague Spring
troops performed public training exercises on the Czech border
Soviet tanks moved into Czechoslovakia
there was only one political party in Czechoslovakia
Dubcek was removed from power
Czechs wanted less censorship and more freedom of speech and a reduction of inactivities of the secret police
Eastern European leaders feared that their own people would demand the same freedom that Dubcek had allowed
Berlin Wall
1,000's leaving communism meant better life under capitalism
Wall remained in place for 28 years and did decrease the number of Germans fleeing the communist controlled country.
Eastern Europe fell further behind those of the West and West Germany had shops full of goods, freedom, wealth variety due to massive investment by the West Powers
Berlin Wall became symbol of the Cold War
The Hungarian Uprising showed it was impossible to fight communism
the communists said the wall was a protective shell
the capitalists said the wall was prison wall
poland's solidarity
it was an organized movement and not a street protest or riots
USSR placed tanks and troops on the border with Poland
workers began to set up trade unions, which would organize strikes in order to make changes
polish economy was in bad shape
solidarity continued call for strikes/boycotts against the Government