What were the causes of the uprising in Hungary in 1956?
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- What were the causes of the uprising in Hungary in 1956?
- Assumptions
- Hungarians thought that the UN or the new American President, Eisenhower, would help them
- Seeing as he made supportive comments in speeches
- Stalin had died in 1953
- after his death, Russia tried to move away from some of his policies
- especially the more brutal aspects
- Nikita Khrushchev(the new leader) the arrest of 400 political opponents in Hungary
- after his death, Russia tried to move away from some of his policies
- It was successful in Poland
- in June 1956 workers in Poland had risen against Soviet Rule and demanded change
- After a tense few weeks, Russia had given in to some of their demands
- Gave the Hungarians hope that the same could happen for them
- in June 1956 workers in Poland had risen against Soviet Rule and demanded change
- Hungarians thought that the UN or the new American President, Eisenhower, would help them
- Politics
- The Smallholders Party won 57% of the vote
- a group working for the rights of ordinary Hungarians
- Russians refused to allow the party to form a government
- Allowed the Hungarian Communist Party to form a government with only 17% of the vote
- They were a party to run Hungary despite the people's wishes
- Allowed the Hungarian Communist Party to form a government with only 17% of the vote
- The Smallholders Party won 57% of the vote
- Repression
- Russian Control of Hungarian society included
- censorship
- a secret police - AVH
- Control over what was taught in schools
- Est. 2,000 people were executed and over 100 000 were imprisoned in the strict control over Hungary
- Russian Control of Hungarian society included
- Religion
- Hungarians were religious
- Was banned under the Communist party
- dismissed as "dangerous propaganda"
- Cardinal J. Mindszenty (leading Hungarian Catholic) was arrested, tortured and put in prison
- Economics
- Hungary was very poor and needed rebuilding after years of bombing
- Most of the food and industrial goods produced were sent to Russia
- Standards of living dropped for ordinary people
- Assumptions
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