4.3 Czechoslovakia during the Cold War and Soviet influence

4.3 Czechoslovakia during the Cold War and Soviet influence

A little review and a little competition...

Open Ended

Write down some words that would describe the mood in Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1968.

Multiple Choice

What would be the best summary of the criticism leveled by Havel and Svitak against the Dubcek government?

• The communist party had lost control of the reforms being proposed.

• Dubcek was nothing more than a puppet for the Soviet leaders.

• Democratizing the communist party was insufficient.

• Economic reforms were much more important than political reforms.

Multiple Choice

What answer best summarizes what even the reform minded members of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia feared.

• An invasion by the Soviet Union.

• An attack against the Party by their own citizens.

• The military supporting more conservative members of the Party.

• Economic reforms being crushed.

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT a rationale given in the letter to support Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia?

• The leaders of the government had lost control of the nation.

• The media had turned against the Communist government.

• Communism itself was under attack.

• The West was supporting the the 'Rightist' forces.

Multiple Choice

Tough one here...Gustav Havel came to power after the Prague Spring failed much like this leader came to power in Hungary after their reforms failed.

• Imre Nagy

• Joseph Tito

• Janos Kadar

• Viktor Orban