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What is the clandestine copying and distribution of banned literature by the state called?
Samizdat
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What is the name of the person that made Czechoslovakia carry out purges?
Soviet Russia Premier Joseph Stalin
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What is the name of the revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place in 1989
The Velvet Revolution
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What type of people were executed during the trials of the 1950s?
Military leaders, Catholics, Jews, Democratic politicians, and People with wartime connections to the West
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Who lost their wealth and had to move to the country?
Rich People
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What was the type of government after the revolution?
Parliamentary Republic
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What is the punishment for disagreement with Socialism?
Interrogation, Intimidation, House searches, Ostracization
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What is the day of the start of the Velvet Revolution?
Eve of International Students Day, 1989
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What was the mindset of the revolutionists in Czechoslovakia?
No violence
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When did the harsh trials of the 1950's take place?
1949-1954
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What is the name of one of the student protesters?
Ludvic Zifcak
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When did the federal assembly abolish the constitutional article about the leading role of the Communist party?
November 29, 1989
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Why was free speech almost nonexistent?
Homes were often bugged and neighbors, family, and friends would turn you into the government
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Who was the leader of the revolutionists?
Vaclav Havel
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Where did the Velvet Revolution take place?
Czechoslovakia
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