1848 Vocab

Question 1

What was a significant characteristic of King Louis Philippe’s reign during the July Monarchy in France?

A) He ruled as an absolute monarch, suppressing all forms of liberalism.
B) He styled himself as the “Citizen King,” appealing to the bourgeoisie.
C) He abolished the monarchy and established a republic.
D) He expanded France’s colonial empire significantly during his reign

Answer 1

Answer: B) He styled himself as the “Citizen King,” appealing to the bourgeoisie.

Question 2

The Holy Alliance is primarily defined as:

A) A military pact between modern nations.

B) An agreement among European monarchs to promote Christian values and uphold conservative regimes.

C) A trade agreement aimed at economic collaboration.

D) A peace treaty to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.

Answer 2

Correct Answer: B) An agreement among European monarchs to promote Christian values and uphold conservative regimes.

Question 3

What was the name of the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire?

A. The Berlin Conference

B. Frankfurt National Assembly

C. Munich Convention

D. German National Parliament

Answer 3

B is correct

Question 4

What was part of the Factory Act?

A. It prohibited any child under the age of 9 from working

B. It prohibited any grandpa who is over the age of 40 but 38 or 39 to work

C. Kids could only work 5 hours

D. Any age could work as many hours as they wanted to

Answer 4

A. It prohibited any child under the age of 9 from working.

Question 5

What was the name of the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire?

A. The Berlin Conference

B. Frankfurt National Assembly

C. Munich Convention

D. German National Parliament

Answer 5

B. Frankfurt National Assembly

Question 6

Which of the following best describes François Guizot’s contributions to 19th-century France?

A) He was a military general during the Napoleonic Wars and later became Emperor of France.
B) He was a historian and statesman who played a key role in the July Monarchy and promoted constitutional monarchy.
C) He was a philosopher known for his theories on socialism and his opposition to industrialization.
D) He was a playwright and poet who championed Romanticism and criticized monarchy.

Answer 6

Correct Answer: B

Question 7

What were the countries apart of the Quadruple Alliance
A. France, United States of America, Great Britain, Russia

B. Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria

C. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

D. Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand

Answer 7

Correct answer is B

Question 8

What is another term used for the 1834-1919 Zollverein?

A. German Customs Union

B. Holy Roman Empire

C. South German Confederation

D. Weimar Republic

Answer 8

Answer: A

Question 9

How did the repeal of the Test Act in 1848 affect people in Britain?

A. It allowed Catholics/non-Anglicans to hold public office
B. It introduced a new requirement for government employees/workers to be members of the Church of England
C. It restricted voting rights for Catholics and non-Anglicans
D. It enforced stricter religious activity near the center of Britain

Answer 9

Answer is A

Question 10

The term diet refers to which of the following?

A ratification to an existing constitution
A military formation used to counter cavalry
An assembly made up of parliamentary figures
An economic adjustment to inflation

Answer 10

Correct answer: A

Question 11

What is the best fit answer for what conservatives believe?

A- Supported Christian values, moral absolutism, and American exceptionalism

B- People of the republican party who believe women should work in the kitchen and provide for their husbands

C- a person favoring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially, traditional ideas

D- Only traditional monarchical institutions of government could maintain order and they were generally opposed to change

Answer 11

Answer: D

Question 12

Who was the Austrian Foreign Minister in 1848?

A. Hannes Androsch

B. Alois Mock

C. Prince Clemens von Metternich

D. Prince Gottfried von Hohenlohe

Answer 12

Answer: C

Question 13

what is a rotten borough?

A A english parliamentary borough with a tiny electorate.

B An area suffering from the effects of deindustrialization

C A marsh in england

D a city controlled by a political boss

Answer 13

Answer is A

Question 14

What is the Burschenschaft?

a. A German welfare program in the 19th century.

b. An ideology espousing centrist populism and anti-monarchism.

c. A type of student organization in Germany.

d. the Engineers Corps of the Prussian/German Army.

Answer 14

Answer: c

Question 15

What was the name of John Stuart Mill’s book on Economic philosophy written in 1848?

a. Principles of Political Economy

b. Power and Progress

c. Slouching Toward Utopia

d. Democracy in Chains

Answer 15

Answer: a. Principles of Political Economy

Question 16

Which of these was a new socialist idea that arose during the 1848 Revolution?

a) Labor workers did not deserve the amount of pay they were receiving at the time.

b) Private property is theft.

c) There should be one sole ruler with absolute power and authority over all people and controls the working class.

d) Policymakers should be determined by the concept of divine rights.

Answer 16

Answer: b) Private property is theft.

Question 17

What are the Carlsbad Decrees?
A. A set of laws passed by the French Revolution to regulate the clergy.
B. A series of measures adopted by the German Confederation in 1819 that established severe limitations on academic and press freedoms.
C. An agreement between Austria and Prussia to unify their economies in the early 19th century.
D. A proclamation by Napoleon Bonaparte to reorganize the Holy Roman Empire.

Answer 17

correct answer choice: B

Question 18

What is nationalism?

A. The belief that a country should be governed by a monarch.
B. The belief that a country should unite its people under a common identity and culture.
C. The belief in the importance of local governments over national governments.
D. The belief that countries should remain neutral in global conflicts.

Answer 18

Answer: B

Question 19

Who was Francis Joseph?

A. The leader who unified Italy
B. The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
C. The first President of Germany
D. The ruler of the Ottoman Empire

Answer 19

Correct Answer: B. The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary

Question 20

_________ is the political movement that is attempting to liberate humanity from the remnants of feudalism along with Liberalism.

A) Radicalism

B) Liberalism

C) Democratism

D) Republicanism

Answer 20

Correct answer: A) Radicalism

Question 21

The Catholic Emancipation Bill allowed Catholics to

a. sit in parliament, vote, and hold sovereign power

b. Be sovereign, vote, but not sit in parliament

c. hold public office, sit in parliament, and vote

d. sit in parliament, vote, but not hold public office

Answer 21

answer - c

Question 22

What did the word “Kleindeutsch” mean in the context of 1848?

A) A plan that aimed to unite Germany and Austria

B) A plan to unify Germany without Austrian involvement

C) A plan to Germany and Austria, led by France

D) A plan to unify Germany and France under Napoleon

Answer 22

ANSWER : B

Question 23

What significant political event took place involving Louis Napoleon Bonaparte?

A) He was crowned Emperor of France

B) He was elected President of the French Second Republic.

C) He abdicated the throne.

D) He led a military coup.

Answer 23

Answer: B

Question 24

What was the Poor Law of 1834?

A) A law granting universal suffrage
B) A reform of the poor relief system, emphasizing workhouses
C) A law abolishing child labor
D) A tax reform act

Answer 24

Answer is B

Question 25

What’s the punctuation of olmutz?
A) Treaty between Prussia and Austria
B) Punctuation changes
C) The Punctual War
D) More Punctual boundaries

Answer 25

A) Treaty between Prussia and Austria

Question 26

Which of the following statements about the German Confederation is correct?

A) It was a unified German state led by Prussia.
B) It consisted of 39 independent German-speaking states.
C) It was established after the Franco-Prussian War.
D) It replaced the German Empire

Answer 26

B) It consisted of 39 independent German-speaking states.

Question 27

What role did the Decembrists play in the 1848 European Revolutions?

A. They were instrumental in leading the uprisings in Vienna and Prague.
B. The Decembrists had no direct involvement in the 1848 revolutions as their uprising occurred in Russia in 1825.
C. They inspired Hungarian nationalists to declare independence from Austria.
D. They established a provisional government in Italy during the revolutions.

Answer 27

Correct Answer: B. The Decembrists had no direct involvement in the 1848 revolutions as their uprising occurred in Russia in 1825.

Question 28

The term diet refers to which of the following?

A ratification to an existing constitution
A military formation used to counter cavalry
An assembly made up of parliamentary figures
An economic adjustment to inflation

Answer 28

Correct answer: C