Postwar Revolutionary Spirit
After World War II, which country’s victory inspired people to believe in socialism?
The Soviet Union
Who was the British Prime Minister who started the National Health Service (NHS)?
Clement Attlee
What did Stalin’s “cult of personality” make people believe about him?
That he was perfect and could never be wrong.
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died in 1953?
Nikita Khrushchev
What were the two main political groups after the war?
Capitalist countries led by the USA and socialist countries led by the USSR.
What idea did the “Scandinavian Way” focus on?
Welfare for everyone through cooperation and high taxes.
Who was the Yugoslav leader who stood up to Stalin and went his own way?
Josip Broz Tito.
What happened in Hungary in 1956 when people wanted reform?
The Soviet army invaded and stopped the revolution.
Why did anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa like socialism?
It promised equality and independence from Western control.
How was Scandinavian socialism different from the Soviet model?
It used democracy and didn’t ban private ownership.
What did Stalin do in other Eastern European countries to keep control?
He used purges and show trials to remove anyone disloyal.
What Cold War crisis in 1962 almost caused a nuclear war between the USA and USSR?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.