The Spring of Nations: The Revolutions of 1848

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1. Which country was the first to experience a revolution in 1848? The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Papal States Prussia Austria

2. The February Revolution of 1848 swept away the monarchy in which country? France Prussia Spain Piedmont-Sardinia

3. The 1848 revolution in Austria led to which politician's fall from power? Bismarck Metternich Talleyrand Cavour

4. Despite the name, in which country did the Greater Poland Uprising take place in 1848, sparking further revolts in that country, particularly the capital? Turkey Russia Prussia Austria

5. Which pope was confronted with a revolution in the Papal States? Leo XIII Pius IX Gregory XVI Pius VIII

6. Lajos Kossuth was the leader of which ethnic grouping within the Austrian Empire as they struggled for independence in 1848. Czechs Hungarians Croats Italians

7. Which nation came to the aid of Austria in putting down the revolutions in its lands? Russia Turkey Prussia United Kingdom

8. In March 1848 King Oskar I authorised his troops to fire on protestors demanding a republic. Of which country was Oskar king? Sweden The Netherlands Denmark Belgium

9. The United Kingdom did not really undergo a revolution as such in 1848 but there were demands for political reform from which group? The Anti-Corn Law League The Chartists The Womens' Social and Political Union The Independent Labour Party

10. One of the last of the Revolutions of 1848 actually took place in 1849: the May Uprising in Dresden. Of which German state was Dresden the capital? Wuerttemburg Hesse Baden Saxony