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| How did Poland become a communist goverenment? | Rigged elections, oppostion arrested and murdered |
| When does governemnt recongise trade union? | October 1980 |
| What happens in Feburary 1981? | General Jaruzelksi tkaes control of Polish goverment |
| When was the Martial law and what happened? | December 1981, Walesa and 10,000 others impriosoned |
| What happenes in 1988 in Poland? | Mass strikes |
| What happens in 1989 in Poland? | Free elections and Solidarity wins 99/100 seats. |
| What was the problem in Poland? | 95% of people are catholic but soviet ideology rejects religion |
| What was a problem in Poland? | Largest country in Eeastern block, growing population increasse by 10 million from 1953 to 1979 |
| What was a problem in Poland? | Cost of living too high, no incentives to increase productivty, USSR had to give Poland $3 billion a year. |
| Who was Waladyslaw Gomulka? | Communist leader from 1955-70. Supported presecution of the Catholic Churched, intellectulas and the anti-communist opposition |
| Who was Edward Gierek? | Communist leader of Poland 1970-80 . Replaced Goumlka. Removed ater labour strikes but opened Poland to the west. |
| Who was Jerzy Popieluszko ? | Polish catholic preist associated with Solidarity. Murdered in 1984 of Polish secret police. |
| Who was Lech Walsea? | Leader of Solidarity movemtn, pro-democratic. helped to end communism in Poland and ushered the end of the cold war. |
| Who was Jaruzelski? | Polish military de facto leader from 1981-1989 |
| What was solidarity? | Free trade union, repersented workers but not part of the exisiting communist workers group |
| Why was it formed? | 21 demans, including right to strike and end the censority of the Cahtolic church and free elections. |
| What was solidarity careful with? | Making sure it was non-violent, leadership made sure of it. |
| Why were workers important in Solidarity ? | Most of them were heavy industires important to Polish and Eastern Bloc economies. |
| What happened when teh Martial law was introduced and who introduced it? | Jaruzelski. 10,000 peopple imprisoined including Walesa. |
| How did solidarity succeed? | Economic problems in Poland meant that solidarity maintaied support for change |
| How did solidarity succeed? | Influence by Catholic church, most Poles saw solidarity as relisigously sactioned organisation |
| How did solidarity succeed? | Regan and Thatcher were supportive of Solidarity, kept the profile of Walsea high in Western Media. |
| How did solidarity succeed? | USSR busy with the war in Afganistan |
| How did solidarity succeed? | Andropove, Chernekove died. Led to Gorbachov. |
| Significance of Solidarity for Soviet influcence in Eastern Europe? | Popularity shows that Communism was failing to provide a reasonal standard of lviing |
| Significance of Solidarity for Soviet influcence in Eastern Europe? | Shows the ineffective leadership and system . Corruption and difference between the leader and people |
| Significance of Solidarity for Soviet influcence in Eastern Europe? | Shows that it is possible to stand up against communist Regime. Inspireed people to protest. 'People power' |
| Significance of Solidarity for Soviet influcence in Eastern Europe? | Shows that the Soviet system relied on miliatary forces to maintain order |
| Significance of Solidarity for Soviet influcence in Eastern Europe? | Encouraged the west to increase pressure on the Soviets. |