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GCSE History · key term
The period of political reform in Czechoslovakia in 1968 associated with Alexander Dubček.
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Paper 1
The period of reform in Czechoslovakia in 1968, led by Alexander Dubček, which sought to make communist rule less restrictive.
Revise: CzechoslovakiaThe period of reform became known as the Prague Spring, after Czechoslovakia’s capital.
Paper 2
Revise: Increased TensionDubček promoted ‘socialism with a human face’. He wanted people to be able to express opinions, raise concerns about their government without punishment and enjoy a better quality of life. His Action Programme of April 1968 set out reforms during the period known as the Prague Spring.
Alexander Dubček’s programme of reforms in Czechoslovakia in spring 1968, intended to increase freedom while retaining socialism.
Name specific Prague Spring reforms rather than writing only that Dubček introduced ‘more freedom’.
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