The Spring of Nations: The Revolutions of 1848

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

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

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

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? Russia Prussia Austria Turkey

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. Italians Czechs Hungarians Croats

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

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 Independent Labour Party The Anti-Corn Law League The Chartists The Womens' Social and Political Union

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? Saxony Baden Wuerttemburg Hesse