Hungarian Uprising - Consequences and Importances 1956-1958

consequences of Nagy’s reforms?

• ended Hungary’s alliance with the USSR - if Hungary was allowed to leave the Warsaw pact other eastern European countries may ask for the same reducing the USSR’s influence

consequence of America’s reaction to the Hungarian uprising

• Reduced the chance of more uprisings as it was shown that America would not come to the aid of any countries suffering under dictatorship as promised in the Truman Doctrine. This increased tensions between the East and the West.

consequences on international relations

• -Led to a significant increase of tensions between the East and the West. After the death of Stalin, the promise of de-Stalination, and the ‘peaceful coexistence’  the US thought that tensions would begin to fade gradually. But the brutal crush of the uprising showed that through Khruschev’s wish for peaceful coexistence he would not be a docile leader and therefore highlighted the need for containment of communism more than ever.

consequences of America’s views on communism

• It reinforced the USA’s fear of communism as an oppressive regime which made them more determined to prevent the spread of communism throughout Europe
  

importance of Hungarian uprising to khrushchev

• The Hungarian Uprising made Khrushchev’s position much stronger in the Soviet Union and gave him a stronger position in the Warsaw Pact.

consequences within the Warsaw pact

• It increased fear and resentment with the people of the Eastern bloc, as their freedom was directly being threatened. A lot were unhappy with communism and began to envy the freedom of the West

consequences on the Soviet Union

• Re asserted the Soviet Union’s dominance and control as a display of power over the Eastern Bloc

importance to the soviet union?

• Shows the Soviet Union regime to be as equally repressive as the Nazis

• The power of the Soviet Union was shown by the quick and violet crushing of the Hungarian government

• It was the first open rejection of the Soviet Unions influence throughout the Eastern bloc. Imre Nagy’s reforms was a display of how the Eastern European countries were dissatisfied with communism and the leadership of the Soviet Union

importance to eastern bloc and america

• America didn’t give Hungary military aid which demonstrated to Eastern European countries that if they attempted to exit the Warsaw Pact or rebel against the Soviet Union they would be crushed with no help from America

• Lack of international support (especially in the USA), lessened the chance of uprisings against the Soviet Union throughout the Eastern bloc

consequence on relations between soviet union and usa

• Relations between the Soviet Union and the USA worsened

  • Khrushchev's suppression of Hungary had shocked and appalled the West

  • The relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union continued to deteriorate throughout the 1960s

consequence on the usa’’s reputation?

• The Hungarian Uprising ruined the USA's reputation as a protector of freedom 

  • The USA had an opportunity to help a country free themselves from communism. They did not take the opportunity

  • The event proved that the USA did not back its words with actions