1948 Czech Coup: which event saw the Communist Party seize power in Czechoslovakia?

• A. Prague Uprising (1945)
• B. Czech Coup (1948)
• C. Velvet Revolution (1989)
• D. Munich Agreement (1938)

Answer: (B)

This question tests your understanding of the Czech Coup of 1948, the moment the Communist Party seized control of the Czechoslovak government. In the immediate postwar period, Czechoslovakia operated with a coalition government, but in February 1948 the Communist Party, backed by the Soviet Union, forced non-communist ministers to resign and installed a leadership that dominated the state. This effectively created a one-party state and tied the country to the Soviet bloc for decades, until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.

The other events are not about seizing power in 1948: the Prague Uprising in 1945 was anti-Nazi resistance, the Velvet Revolution in 1989 was a mass movement that ended communist rule, and the Munich Agreement in 1938 involved appeasement of Nazi Germany rather than a domestic power grab.