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