prague spring

• what was the state of Czechoslovakia in?

  -few goods, fuel, poor economy, no freedom of speech, poor standard of living, opposed Soviet Control
• what was introduced to Czechoslovakia during this?

  -new leader: Dubcek who said "socialism with a human face"

  -wanted to stay in Warsaw Pact but still improve living
• what reforms did Dubcek make? (prague spring)

  1968 April:

  -less censorship

  -trade unions allowed

  -travel freedom

  -government control of land and industry relaxed
• how did Brezhnev respond to Prague Spring?

  -ordered his western troops to carry out military practice outside Czechoslovakia
• when did Warsaw troops invade Prague and what happened?

  -20th August 1968

  -500,000 troops invaded and stopped Prague Spring

  -Dubcek arrested and replaced
• what were the consequences of the Prague Spring

  -Brezhnev Doctrine 1968

  -if any communist country attempted freedom warsaw troops would be sent in

  -USA made public protest, showed that the US wouldn't actually act against USSR

  -communist parties in France and Italy cut links with USSR