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A) Religious persecution B) Desire for political and economic reform C) Independence from the Soviet Union D) Territorial disputes
A) November 4, 1956 B) October 1, 1956 C) September 1, 1956 D) October 23, 1956
A) Independent Smallholders' Party B) National Peasant Party C) Hungarian Working People's Party D) Hungarian Socialist Party
A) Return of the monarchy B) Release of political prisoners C) Increase in wages D) Withdrawal of Soviet troops
A) Géza Losonczy B) Mátyás Rákosi C) János Kádár D) Imre Nagy
A) United Kingdom B) United States C) China D) Soviet Union
A) Mikhail Gorbachev B) Leonid Brezhnev C) Joseph Stalin D) Nikita Khrushchev
A) Szeged B) Pécs C) Budapest D) Debrecen
A) Diplomatic negotiations B) Strikes and sit-ins only C) Armed conflict only D) Demonstrations
A) End of communist rule B) Declaration of war against the USSR C) New constitution for Hungary D) Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
A) Cultural expansion B) Population boom C) Increased emigration D) Economic growth
A) László Rajk B) Ernő Gerő C) Imre Nagy D) Miklós Horthy
A) A socialist dictatorship B) Anarchy C) A democratic government D) A monarchy
A) Warsaw Pact B) NATO C) League of Nations D) United Nations
A) Military intervention B) Diplomatic negotiations C) Financial support D) Complete withdrawal
A) 1955 B) 1957 C) 1956 D) 1958
A) Poland B) Czechoslovakia C) Romania D) Austria
A) Instant rewards B) Exile without punishment C) Imprisonment or execution D) Promotion in the government
A) Soldiers B) Farmers C) Students D) Businessmen
A) Prime Minister B) Foreign Minister C) President D) General Secretary
A) László Rajk B) Gyula Kállai C) Miklós Horthy D) János Kádár
A) 1960 B) 1962 C) 1956 D) 1958
A) BBC News B) Radio Free Europe C) Voice of America D) Deutsche Welle
A) Establishing socialism B) National sovereignty C) Expanding territory D) Joining NATO
A) Hungary received financial aid from these countries. B) Hungary paid war reparations totaling US$300 million. C) Hungary had no financial obligations to these countries. D) Hungary only paid reparations to the USSR.
A) Poland, led by Władysław Gomułka B) Romania, led by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej C) Czechoslovakia, led by Antonín Novotný D) Yugoslavia, led by Tito
A) Torn from the Flag B) The Beast of Budapest C) Freedom's Fury—The 2005 documentary film D) Freedom Dance
A) Moderately tolerant B) Most repressive within the Eastern Bloc C) Indifferent D) Liberal and accepting
A) Fascism B) Communism C) Capitalism D) Social Democracy
A) In the late 1960s B) In 1989 during the inauguration of the Third Hungarian Republic C) In 1992 when Yeltsin apologized in person D) In 2006 on the fiftieth anniversary
A) The Polish Red Cross B) The Warsaw Pact C) The Student Aid Committee for Hungarians D) The United Nations
A) 22 October 1956 B) 20 August 1949 C) After the 1945 election D) End of World War II
A) He called for immediate peace talks with the Soviets. B) He proclaimed the 'Hungarian Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government'. C) He declared Hungary's independence from the Soviet Union. D) He announced his resignation as a leader.
A) Herbert Wehner, a member of the West German Social-Democratic Party. B) Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN Secretary-General. C) Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO Secretary-General. D) Alsing Andersen, a Danish politician.
A) Freedom Dance B) The Unburied Man C) The Beast of Budapest D) Torn from the Flag
A) USSR's concessions to Poland emboldening Hungarians B) Increased Soviet control over Eastern Europe C) Poland declaring neutrality D) Hungary joining the Warsaw Pact
A) Quentin Tarantino B) Mark Spitz C) Lucy Liu D) Mariska Hargitay
A) 50,000 B) 500,000 C) 100,000 D) 200,000
A) Expelling Soviet troops immediately B) Adopting a neutral status on the Austrian pattern C) Forming an alliance with Poland D) Joining NATO
A) 44 tonnes B) 100 tonnes C) 10 tonnes D) 5 tonnes
A) Disbanded the ÁVH B) Ordered the execution of Soviet soldiers C) Declared Hungary's entry into the Warsaw Pact D) Formed a new government with Mátyás Rákosi
A) It facilitated free trade agreements with non-communist nations. B) It increased Hungary's economic independence. C) It prevented direct trade with Western countries. D) It allowed Hungary to receive American financial aid through the Marshall Plan.
A) Imre Nagy B) János Kádár C) Major General Lajos Gyurkó D) General Béla Király
A) Mikhail Gorbachev, represented the dismembered Soviet Union B) Boris Yeltsin, represented Russia C) Condoleezza Rice during a U.S. State Department commemoration D) George W. Bush during his visit to Hungary
A) 13 February 2006 B) 22 June 2006 C) 25 September 2023 D) 16 June 1989
A) 18 July 1956 B) 18 April 1955 C) 5 March 1953 D) 14 April 1956
A) Władysław Gomułka B) János Kádár C) Nikita Khrushchev D) Imre Nagy
A) 1989 B) 2006 C) The text does not specify the year. D) 1968
A) Mikhail Suslov B) Nikita Khrushchev C) Vyacheslav Molotov D) Georgy Zhukov
A) Public protests B) Salami slicing tactics C) Economic sanctions D) Direct military intervention
A) 1989. B) 1975. C) 1968. D) 1963.
A) Torn from the Flag B) The Beast of Budapest C) Freedom Dance D) The Unburied Man
A) 15 days B) 30 days C) 20 days D) 10 days
A) Operation Hammer B) Operation Thunderbolt C) Operation Whirlwind D) Operation Storm
A) Newsweek. B) Time magazine. C) Life. D) The Economist.
A) ÁVH B) Social Democratic Party C) Hungarian Workers' Council D) MEFESZ
A) Their vehicles B) Their housing C) Their businesses D) Their land
A) Cardinal Mindszenty Plaza B) Hungarian Freedom Park C) Ilona Tóth's Plaza D) MacArthur Park
A) Peter Watkins B) Quentin Tarantino C) Lucy Liu D) Steven Thomas Fischer
A) State Protection Authority, acting as security police B) Local soviets C) Hungarian Working People's Party D) Revolutionary militia |