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WorksheetsHungarian Uprising 1956
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
When was the Hungarian Uprising?
October 1954
October 1955
October 1956
October 1957
What is the capital of Hungary?
Bucharest
Budapest
Prague
Warsaw
Following Josef Stalin’s death, Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the Soviet leader.
Khrushchev spoke of peaceful coexistence with the West - what did he imply?
That the USA and USSR could ‘coexist’
That conflict was inevitable
The USSR would relax control of its satellite states
Capitalism would eventually fail
What was the Warsaw Pact?
A Soviet counterweight to NATO
A military agreement of West European countries
An agreement between Eastern Europe to resist Soviet control
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
Why did the Hungarians think that they could be more independent of Soviet control?
Khrushchev had criticised Stalin, they thought he would permit greater independence
(De-Stalinisation)
President Eisenhower of the USA had promised to assist them if they rebelled
Khrushchev had permitted reforms in Poland so why not Hungary?
They were a bunch of ‘tough nuts’
What was the AVH?
An American spy network
The hated secret police
The Hungarian Government
A Russian spy network
Who was Hungary’s hardline communist leader?
Khrushchev
Rakosi
Nagy
Hero
Which Hungarian leader proposed reforms which concerned the USSR?
(a)
What did Nagy do when he became Prime Minister on 24 October?
Dissolved the secret police
Released political prisoners
Admitted non communists to government
Announced Hungary’s withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
What did Nagy threaten to leave that angered the USSR?
(a)
What effects did the Hungarian Uprising have?
It improved superpower relations
It worsened superpower relations
It made the West appear weak
It showed communism in a bad light
Why did the West not intervene in Hungary?
