Prague Spring

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the period of reform?January 5, 1968 - August 21, 1968
2. What is the country?Czechoslovakia
3. Why did the Soviet Union send tanks to Czechoslovakia?They feared the reforms might spread to other countries and threaten Soviet control, so they sent troops to stop the changes.
4. How did people in Czechoslovakia celebrate freedom during the Prague Spring?They removed censorship, could speak and write freely, and many artists, writers, and ordinary citizens talked about new ideas and plans for the future.

Liberalization: The process of making laws and government policies less strict, allowing for greater individual freedoms and political openness.
Censorship: The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
Brezhnev Doctrine: A Soviet foreign policy principle asserting the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of socialist countries to preserve communist rule.
Warsaw Pact: A collective defense treaty signed in 1955 between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe.