How did

superpowers react
during
Cold
War
Aims
crises?
To compare the reactions of the
West to two crises of the Cold
War, Hungarian Uprising (1956)
and Berlin Wall (1962)

 Your task

Read about the events of the

Hungarian Uprising (p.88) and
complete the appropriate section of
the table your teacher gives you.

Watch the clip and note

down the interpretation it
provides of the Western

 Extension task

Study the text and sources from Ben

Walshs, Modern World History, p.4023
Using the text & Sources 8 & 10 note
down reasons why Hungarians disliked
Communist control
How and why do sources 11 & 12 differ
in their interpretation of the Uprising?
Which of Hungarys demands would be
most threatening to the USSR? Why?

 Your task

What does the Hungarian Uprising

(1956) tell us about Cold War politics
in the 1950s?
Extension.
Explain this
British Cold
War cartoon.
Can you spot
Stalin? How
would
Khrushchev
justify his
actions?

Lessons from Hungary

Vulnerability of Soviet sphere of influence

impact of Destalinisation on satellite
states
Willingness of USSR to maintain a tight
grip on Eastern Bloc countries
Importance of preserving Warsaw Pact
only a year old
Established rules of Cold War statements
of condemnation but little military reaction

 starter activity

Quick quiz

Workers protests in which country

encouraged the Hungarians to demand
more freedoms?
What was the name of the staunch
Stalinist leader of Hungary who was
forced to retire due to ill health?
What was the name of the moderate
Hungarian leader who was eventually
executed by the Soviets?
Give 4 results of the Hungarian uprisng

Answers

Poland, under leader Wladyslaw Gomulka

Matyas Rakosi
Imre Nagy
Showed there were limits to
independence of Eastern Bloc countries;
desire of USSR to maintain tight control
over sphere of influence; importance of
Warsaw Pact to USSR; Western reaction
established future rules of engagement,
i.e. no conflict only harsh words

How did
superpowers react
during
Cold
War
Aims
crises?
To compare the reactions of the
West to two crises of the Cold
War, Hungarian Uprising (1956)
and Berlin Wall (1962)

 Your task

Now complete the second section of

the table on the Berlin Wall (1961).
Use the information in Phillips (p.902) and the sources to help you.

Your task .Watch the film about the Wall and

answer the accompanying questions with your
partner.

How close to WWIII do you think we got?

 Homework

Kennedy
s speech

Study the text and sources in

History at Source p.40-5 and
answer questions 1-5.
Extension. Read Gaddis p.114-5
and note the motives for building the
Wall. Read Isaacs, p.194-203 on the
attempts at crossing the Wall and
Kennedys reaction.

 Plenary

What evidence is there of a genuine

thaw in relations between 1953 and
1961?
What caused the changes?
What part did individuals play in
developments in superpower
relations?