Chapter 9 - Cold War

Question 1

What was Khrushchev’s overall aim?

Answer 1

Destalinization

Question 2

What 4 things did Polish Workers demand for after Khrushchev’s speech?

Answer 2

bread, liberty, freedom of Catholic religion, end to soviet domination of Europe

Question 3

What happened to the Polish workers who demonstrated?

Answer 3

Met with Polish tanks and Polish bullets

Question 4

What did Khrushchev mean by ‘peaceful co-existence’?

Answer 4

To be friends with the USA and be able to cooperate with them

Question 5

Why does Khrushchev think that ‘peaceful co-existence’ is needed?

Answer 5

To focus on internal issues and to decrease the arms race

Question 6

How would Gomulka being next leader of Poland cause concern for Khrushchev problems?

Answer 6

anti-Soviet responses and believe they wanted to break away from the USSR

Question 7

How did Khrushchev deal with the Polish Demands?

Answer 7

allowed some mild reforms and spoke to Gomulka

Question 8

Who led the Hungarian protest in 1956?

Answer 8

Imre Nagy

Question 9

How did the Soviets leadership respond to the situation in Hungary?

Answer 9

Approached the city of Budapest, machine gun fire on Hungarians

Question 10

Why could the west do nothing about the Soviet Invasion of Hungary from 1st November?

Answer 10

Believed it was under the Soviet sphere of influence

Question 11

How were the Hungarian people affected by the Soviet Invasion?

Answer 11

thousands killed
Imre Nagy executed
200,000 fled to Austria
millions were imprisoned in Hungary
Khrushchev reinforced the iron curtain

Question 12

What did Khrushchev not want to get rid of?

Answer 12

One party state and a command economy