What event effectively ended the Prague Spring reforms in 1968?

What event effectively ended the Prague Spring reforms in 1968?

• A. Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and Moscow Protocol
• B. Velvet Revolution
• C. Prague Spring
• D. Salt Talks

Answer: (A)

The event that halted the Prague Spring reforms was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, backed by the Moscow Protocol. Soviet and other Warsaw Pact troops rolled into the country, forcing the leadership to abandon liberalizing measures and restore strict, communist control—a move that effectively ended the reform movement and led to a period of normalization. The Velvet Revolution happened in 1989, long after these events; the Prague Spring refers to the reforms themselves, not their end; and the Salt Talks were nuclear arms negotiations with no direct impact on Czechoslovakia.

The event that halted the Prague Spring reforms was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, backed by the Moscow Protocol. Soviet and other Warsaw Pact troops rolled into the country, forcing the leadership to abandon liberalizing measures and restore strict, communist control—a move that effectively ended the reform movement and led to a period of normalization. The Velvet Revolution happened in 1989, long after these events; the Prague Spring refers to the reforms themselves, not their end; and the Salt Talks were nuclear arms negotiations with no direct impact on Czechoslovakia.