Starter quiz
- Which keyword describes a country that has great power and influence globally?
- 'superpower' ✓
- Which keyword describes a meeting between leaders to discuss significant issues or make important decisions?
- 'summit' ✓
- Complete the sentence: The American development of the ______ bomb started an arms race between the USA and the USSR.
- 'atomic' ✓
- Which of the following events led to the creation of NATO in 1949?
- the Cuban Missle Crisis
- the Berlin Crisis ✓
- the takeover of Poland by Soviet-backed communists
- the takeover of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-backed communists ✓
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- Who were the new leaders of the USA and USSR in 1953?
- Truman and Stalin
- Eisenhower and Khrushchev ✓
- Kennedy and Brezhnev
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔USA successfully developed atomic bomb
- 2⇔USSR successfully developed atomic bomb
- 3⇔USA successfully developed H-bomb
- 4⇔USSR successfully developed H-bomb
- 5⇔USA launched their first ICBM
- 6⇔USSR shocked the world by using a missile to launch Sputnik 1
Exit quiz
- Which keyword describes a change introduced to improve something, often a system or law?
- 'reform' ✓
- Which keyword describes using American influence and military resources to prevent the spread of communism into non-communist countries?
- 'containment' ✓
- Complete the sentence: When Imre Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the ______ Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
- 'Warsaw ' ✓
- Why did the Hungarian Uprising break out in 1956?
- Hungarians did not like Nagy's reforms.
- desire for greater freedom ✓
- anger due to declining living standards ✓
- Hungarians did not want to be part of NATO.
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- How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary on 4th November 1956?
- 6000
- 20 000
- 200 000 ✓
- 600 000
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- Which of the following were consequences of the Hungarian Uprising?
- weakened the USSR and Khrushchev
- strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev ✓
- worsening of US-Soviet relations ✓
- improvement of US-Soviet relations
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Key learning points
- The Hungarian Uprising (1956) was caused by anger due to declining living standards and a desire for greater freedom.
- Khrushchev attempted to end the Hungarian Uprising by installing Imre Nagy as leader and supporting his reforms.
- When Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
- During the Hungarian Uprising, the Hungarians begged for support from the West but the USA and NATO refused to help.
- The defeat of the Hungarian Uprising strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev and led to a worsening of US-Soviet relations.
Common misconception
Matyas Rakosi was the leader of Hungary at the start of the Hungarian Uprising.
Rakosi was forced to quit as leader in July 1956 when he lost the support of the USSR. Rakosi was replaced by his close friend, Erno Gero, then Khrushchev installed Imre Nagy as leader on 26th October 1956 in an attempt to end the uprising.
Keywords
Satellite state - a country that is dominated by another country
Uprising - an act of resistance or rebellion
Reform - a change introduced to improve something, often a system or law
Warsaw pact - a military alliance of Eastern European countries led by the Soviet Union during the Cold War; it was formed in 1955 in response to NATO
Containment - using American influence and military resources to prevent the spread of communism into non-communist countries