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