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