AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
Revise: The ‘Thaw’The Hungarian Uprising exposed this distinction; the U-2 Crisis later showed how espionage and mistrust could undermine peace talks.
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GCSE History · key term
Secretly gathering information about another country, especially its military capabilities or government activities.
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Paper 1
Revise: The ‘Thaw’The Hungarian Uprising exposed this distinction; the U-2 Crisis later showed how espionage and mistrust could undermine peace talks.
Paper 1
Spying, especially obtaining secret information for another country.
Because too much time had elapsed for an espionage prosecution, he was tried for lying under oath and convicted of .
Distinguish an accusation, a conviction and proof of a wider conspiracy. Hiss was convicted of perjury, not espionage.
When evaluating the Red Scare, consider both genuine espionage and the damage caused by treating political beliefs or associations as evidence of disloyalty.
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