HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Revolution• Forcible overthrow

of the government by the people

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Causes of the Hungarian Revolution• Poverty

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Causes of the Hungarian Revolution• Poverty

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Causes :• Poverty• People of Hungary were poor and much of

their resources were going to S.U.• Russian Control• Hungarians were patriotic, wanted their

country back• Religion• Communists had banned religion in

Hungary• Help from the West• Hungary wanted to leave Warsaw Pact,

thought U.N. would help them

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Events:• Riots in the streets, new leader appointed

(Imre Nagy), established democracy, freedom of speech and religion

• S.U. sent tanks and troops in, violently ended the rebellion and took back control in Hungary

• About 4000 Hungarians died in the attack

HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION• Results:• 200,000 Hungarians fled their country• World is horrified that S.U. could do that to it’s allies• Made U.S. more motivated to contain communism

PRAGUE SPRING• Czechoslovakia, 1968• In Spring of 1968, new leader

(Alexander Dubcek) passed new laws giving freedom of speech, more rights for workers and attempts to democratize (give the people more say) the government

• Dubcek said Czech wanted to stay in Warsaw Pact

• S.U. worried these reforms could encourage other countries to separate from communism

PRAGUE SPRING• Czechoslovakia, 1968• Warsaw Pact nations- S.U., Hungary,

Poland, East Germany and Bulgaria- sent troops in to reclaim the gov’t in Czech

• Czech stands down and S.U. reinstates communist government in Czechoslovakia

• Again, shows that S.U. is unwilling to allow countries to govern themselves