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The Spring of Nations: The Revolutions of 1848

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Introduction:
"In 1848 revolutionary fever swept across Europe. This quiz will test your knowledge of the Year of Revolutions."


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


2. The February Revolution of 1848 swept away the monarchy in which country?
    Spain
    France
    Prussia
    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?
    Prussia
    Austria
    Russia
    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.
    Czechs
    Hungarians
    Croats
    Italians


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?
    Denmark
    Sweden
    The Netherlands
    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 Independent Labour Party
    The Womens' Social and Political Union
    The Chartists


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?
    Hesse
    Wuerttemburg
    Saxony
    Baden


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