Refer to the two images. Image 1

A tank is on a street in front of a building. The street is filled with people walking.

Hungarian rebels escort captured Soviet tanks during the 1956 revolution against the Soviet-aligned government.

Image 2

A barricade across a street separates workers.

Pro-independence workers strike in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. This strike was an early action in what became a general shutdown of state industries.

Which of the following statements explains the primary reason that the Soviet Union’s reaction to the anti-communist uprising in Poland was different than its reaction in Hungary?

An increasingly weakened Soviet military feared a US response.
Decades of anti-Stalinist reforms made the Soviets reluctant to use force.
The Hungarian rebels took up arms, while the Polish strikers were nonviolent.
Power had shifted from the Soviet Union to the governments of satellite states.