Czechoslovakia

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give the dates of T.G. Masaryk
1918 - 1935. BONUS - was re-elected 3 times, till his retirement in '35
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who was Masaryk replaced by? dates?
Edvard Benes - 1935 - 1938, then 1945 - '48. BONUS - remained resident whilst exiled in Britain through the Nazi occupation, 1938 - '45
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who did Hacha and Benes plot to assassinate? what was the outcome?
Reinhard Heydrich in 1939. outcome = Hitler ordered the inhalation of 2 key Czech cities.
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when was the second republic of Czechoslovakia? what was this also known as by the Nazis?
1938-1945. the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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who was Czechoslovakia relieved by? when? what was implemented after?
Soviet Union, 1945. a semi-democratic parliamentary based government was then implemented - bonus, till 1948.
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when was the third republic of Czechoslovakia?
1945 - 1948. BONUS - is under the sphere of soviet influence throughout this period
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what pact occurred in 1939?
Nazi-Soviet pact
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what happened in October 1938?
the Munich agreement. BONUS - Czechoslovakia are left out of the negotiations
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when was the beginning of the Cold War?
1948
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what group of people were first persecuted in 1948? and also, when?
writers, February
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what uprising occurred in 1944 & when?
Slovak National Uprising, September
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what form of violence occurred 1920-'21?
ethnic violence within the Sudentenland
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what happened in 1929, and who did this notably effect?
Wall Street crash - hits Slovak industries especially hard
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what three notable events occurred in 1968?
the April Action Programme, the Prague Spring, the Soviet & Warsaw Pact invasion
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what purges were carried out in May 1968?
the purges of remaining Novotnyites
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what process only took hold in Czechoslovakia in 1960? who was this headed by?
the de-stalinization process, headed by Krushchev
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what downturn occurred 1960-1962?
productive downturn in Czechoslovakia
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what was imposed in 1967?
a new censorship regime. BONUS - backlash = student protest in Prague, suppressed by force
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what was Dubcek called to in March 1968? why?
the Dresendent Warsaw Pact Conference, to explain the liberation of the media. BONUS - Warsaw Pact not yet seen as a threat by Dubcek
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what happened with Czech workers in 1953?
they demonstrated in Prague. BONUS - there were 20,000 demonstrators
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when was the 20th anniversary of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia
February 1968
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who was Novotny replaced by in January 1962?
Dubcek = general secretary, Svoboda = president
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when were the thirty Sixers founded and by who?
1952, Havel
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when was Dubcek succeeded? by who?
1969, by Husak
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by 1975, what percentage of Czechoslovakian households have TV sets?
90%
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what opposition group collapsed in 1969?
HRM. BONUS - 20 members were rounded up which led to the collapse
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what was re-implementd in 1969?
the censorship of the media
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what was set up in 1970? why?
screening commissions, as a way to 'peacefully' purge communist members
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how many Communist party members were purged via the screening commissions?
approx. 50,000
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what did the 1968 invasion have to be referred to as?
'fraternal intervention'
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who headed TV after the Prague spring?
Zelenka
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what happened in Nov. 1989? Hint - 17th till 18th
student demonstrations in Prague
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27.11.89?
general strikes
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19th-21st Nov. 1989?
demonstrations in Prague for democratic reforms
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what happened on 29th Nov. 1989?
collapse of the Czechoslovakian communist party workplace. BONUS - also, the dropping of marxism - Leninism state ideology
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who was elected president on 29th Dec. 1989?
Havel. BONUS - by the Federal Assembly
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who resigned from what position on 7th Dec. 1989?
Adamec who was prime minister
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what were formed on 6th Dec. 1989?
independent trade unions
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what was forced on 5th Dec. 1989?
a government re-shuffle
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was was implemented on 3rd Dec. 1989?
a new provisional government. BONUS - only 5 of the 20 ministers are communists
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what was dismantled on the 30th Nov. 1989?
the czech-asutria border
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