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Pre 1956-March 1956 World
-beginning of McCarthyism
-desegregation and Civil Rights
-DeStalinization & Secret Speech
-beginning of Vietnam War
-decolonization -
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Pre-1956 to March 1956 Hungary
-enters Warsaw Pact
-Nagy ousted by communists for being too soft
-passing of first (Soviet) constitution
-lost World Cup -
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March-Septemeber 1956 World
-rejection of communism by the West
-Soviet block increasing in communist solidarity -
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March-September 1956-Hungary
-debates on political state
-second five year plan created
-public more critical of government -
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Oct 1-23 World
-Suez conflict (Soviet alliance with Egypt leading to proxy war) -
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Oct 1-23 Hungary
-growing debates
-gave up points of resolution -
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Oct 24-27th Hungary
-Nagy becomes Prime Minister
-rebels occupy radio
-Soviets enter Budapest
-new institutions put in place -
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Oct 24-27 world
-UNAEA increases atomic enegery for peace
-superpowers talking regarding conflict
-no large stand for Hungary -
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Oct 28-Nov 1 Hungary
-new government in place
-Soviets withdrew from Budapest
-mob violence -
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Oct 28th-Nov 1 world
-spread of communism in Asia
-world watching Eastern Europe -
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Nov 1-4th Hungary
-leave Warsaw Pact
-Soviets invade again -
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Nov 1-4th world
-Eisenhower re-elected
-pre-Cuban revolution activity beginning in Cuba led by Fidel Castro -
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Nove-Dec 1956 Hungary
-Soviets crush revolution
-Soviets make fals promises not to prosecute rebels
-executions from revolution
-continued strikes
-Soviet threats to stop strikes -
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Nov-Dec 1956 world
-Olympics (Hungary beats USSR)
-more rumblings of the beginning of revolution in Cuba