Core - How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe,1948 -1989

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• 1Describe how the USSR controlled Eastern Europe
• 2Describe the Brezhnev Doctrine
• 3Explain why the USSR wanted to control Eastern Europe
• 4Explain why Soviet control caused resentment
• 5Judgement: did Soviet control rest on force rather than consent?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a cartoon on Soviet control

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• 1Describe the Hungarian Rising
• 2Describe the reforms announced by Imre Nagy
• 3Explain why the Hungarians rose up in 1956
• 4Explain why the USSR crushed the Hungarian Rising
• 5Judgement: was leaving the Warsaw Pact the main reason for the invasion?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Soviet tanks in Budapest

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• 1Describe the reforms of the Prague Spring
• 2Describe the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
• 3Explain why the USSR invaded Czechoslovakia
• 4Explain why Czechoslovakia 1968 was less bloody than Hungary 1956
• 5Judgement: was the USSR right to be alarmed by the Prague Spring?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: the Brezhnev Doctrine

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• 1Describe the building of the Berlin Wall
• 2Describe the refugee problem in Berlin before 1961
• 3Explain why the Berlin Wall was built
• 4Explain why the West accepted the Berlin Wall
• 5Judgement: was the Berlin Wall a success for the USSR?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: the Wall and Kennedy

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• 1Describe glasnost and perestroika
• 2Describe the 'Sinatra Doctrine'
• 3Explain why Gorbachev launched his reforms
• 4Explain why Gorbachev abandoned the Brezhnev Doctrine
• 5Judgement: was Gorbachev the most important reason for the collapse?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Gorbachev on Eastern Europe

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• 1Describe the rise of Solidarity
• 2Describe the imposition of martial law in Poland
• 3Explain why Solidarity emerged in Poland
• 4Explain why the USSR did not invade Poland
• 5Judgement: was Solidarity the beginning of the end for Soviet control?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Walesa and Solidarity

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• 1Describe the 1989 revolutions
• 2Describe the pattern of resistance to Soviet control
• 3Explain why Soviet control collapsed in 1989
• 4Explain why the 1989 revolutions were mostly peaceful
• 5Judgement: was Soviet control ever secure?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: the Berlin Wall falling

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