Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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When did the dissolution of Czechoslovakia take effect?

  • March 10, 1993
  • November 17, 1989
  • January 1, 1990
  • December 31, 1992 (correct)

    • What is the Velvet Divorce in reference to?

  • The creation of the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic
  • The bloodless Velvet Revolution of 1989 (correct)
  • The meeting in the American city of Pittsburgh
  • The dissolution of Austria-Hungary

    • What did the Pittsburgh Agreement promise?

  • The end of the rule of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
  • The dissolution of Czechoslovakia
  • A common state consisting of two equal nations: Slovaks and Czechs (correct)
  • Independence for Slovakia

    • When was Czechoslovakia created?

    <p>In 1918</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920 specify?

    <p>A single 'Czechoslovak nation'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the political tensions in the new country between?

    <p>'Czechoslovakists' and those seeking greater autonomy for the Slovaks in particular</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the relationship between the First Slovak Republic and Germany?

    <p>It was a satellite state of Germany with limited sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event oversaw the reunification of Slovakia into the Third Czechoslovak Republic after World War II?

    <p>The alignment with the Soviet Union</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who returned most control to Prague during the Normalization Period in the 1970s?

    <p>Gustáv Husák</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event encouraged a regrowth of Slovak separatism after the fall of communism?

    <p>Return of control to Prague</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Slovak National Party seek after the fall of communism?

    <p>Complete independence and sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were some major Slovak parties advocating after 1991?

    <p>A looser form of coexistence and complete independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wanted either an even tighter federation or two independent states in 1992?

    <p>Václav Klaus and others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Vladimír Mečiar and other leading Slovak politicians want in 1992?

    <p>A kind of confederation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Velvet' refers to the partition of Czechoslovakia without:

    <p>'Velvet' refers to the partition without violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Viable federation' was demanded by which group in 1992 negotiations?

    <p>'Viable federation' was demanded by Czech parties</p> Signup and view all the answers

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