New
New
Year 11
AQA

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

I can explain the causes, events and consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.

New
New
Year 11
AQA

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

I can explain the causes, events and consequences of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. The Hungarian Uprising (1956) was caused by anger due to declining living standards and a desire for greater freedom.
  2. Khrushchev attempted to end the Hungarian Uprising by installing Imre Nagy as leader and supporting his reforms.
  3. When Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
  4. The West opposed the Soviet invasion of Hungary but did not intervene.
  5. The defeat of the Hungarian Uprising strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev.

Common misconception

Mátyás Rákosi was the leader of Hungary at the start of the Hungarian Uprising.

Rákosi was forced to quit as leader in July 1956 when he lost the support of the USSR but widespread anger amongst ordinary Hungarians remained. Khrushchev installed Imre Nagy as leader on 26th October 1956 in an attempt to end protests.

Keywords

  • Satellite state - a country controlled by or depending on a more powerful country

  • Uprising - an act of resistance or rebellion

  • Oppression - unfair treatment that limits people's freedom

  • Containment - American policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism into non-communist countries

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
  • Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Write the missing word. is the process of supplying yourself or others with new weapons, especially in order to become a strong military power again.
Correct Answer: rearmament, re-armament, Rearmament, Re-armament
Q2.
Which two countries were members of NATO?
Correct answer: Britain
Bulgaria
Hungary
Correct answer: Italy
Yugoslavia
Q3.
Which two countries were members of the Warsaw Pact?
Correct answer: Czechoslovakia
France
Correct answer: Hungary
Norway
Yugoslavia
Q4.
In which year was NATO founded?
Correct Answer: 1949
Q5.
The entry of which country into NATO triggered the creation of the Warsaw Pact?
Greece
Turkey
Correct answer: West Germany
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
1 - Churchill referred to an 'Iron Curtain' dividing Europe
2 - Berlin Blockade
3 - NATO formed
4 - Turkey and Greece joined NATO
5 - West Germany joined NATO
6 - Warsaw Pact formed

6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes a change introduced to improve something, often a system or law?
Correct Answer: reform, Reform
Q2.
What was the name of the American policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism into non-communist countries?
Correct Answer: containment, Containment
Q3.
Complete the sentence: When Imre Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Pact, the USSR invaded and crushed the Hungarian Uprising.
Correct Answer: Warsaw, warsaw
Q4.
Why did the Hungarian Uprising break out in 1956?
Hungarians did not like Nagy's reforms.
Correct answer: desire for greater freedom
Correct answer: anger due to declining living standards
Hungarians did not want to be part of NATO.
Correct answer: anger at foreign influence in Hungary
Q5.
How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary on 4th November 1956?
6000
20 000
Correct answer: 200 000
600 000
Q6.
Which of the following were consequences of the Hungarian Uprising?
weakened the USSR and Khrushchev
Correct answer: strengthened the USSR and Khrushchev
worsening of US-Soviet relations
improvement of US-Soviet relations

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