Key learning points

1. There were many problems for people living under communist rule in Czechoslovakia.
2. In the late 1960s, protests began to spread in Czechoslovakia.
3. Alexander Dubček became leader of Czechoslovakia at the start of 1968.
4. Dubček introduced liberalising reforms known as the Prague Spring.
5. Dubček considered reform necessary to preserve communist rule.

Keywords

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

• Oppression - unfair treatment that limits people's freedom

• Consumer goods - items purchased by individuals for their personal use and enjoyment

• Socialism - a word sometimes used as an alternative to communism

• Liberalised - to make laws and systems less strict

Common misconception