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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule?
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By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living.
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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule? By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living. They desired to vote freely.
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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule? By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living. They desired to vote freely. The people resented their lack of freedoms.
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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule? By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living. They desired to vote freely. Workers wanted more say in how to run their factories. The people resented their lack of freedoms.
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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule? By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living. They desired to vote freely. Workers wanted more say in how to run their factories. The people resented their lack of freedoms. All aspects of media are controlled.
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Before WW2, Czechoslovakia had a very successful economy and was a democracy. What was life like under Soviet rule? By the 1960s, people are very disappointed by their standards of living. They desired to vote freely. They were terrified of the Secret Police. Workers wanted more say in how to run their factories. The people resented their lack of freedoms. All aspects of media are controlled.
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Student Protests 1966
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Alexander Dubcek is appointed 1968
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Write the reforms of the Prague Spring on the petals
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I don’t like the look of this!
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Dubcek reassures Brezhnev he does not want to leave communism or the Warsaw pact…but he doesn’t help the situation Dubcek invited Tito to Prague (1968) Pact of friendship
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What was the Brezhnev doctrine?
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20th August 1968
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Czechoslovakian Revolt, 1968 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVIp5lUJhCs Watch the video and compare the Czechoslovak reaction to Soviet invasion to the Hungarian reaction in 1956. Why is this invasion described as a crueler impact than the Nazi invasion in 1939?
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What was the aftermath?
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