Europe Ablaze: The 1848 Revolution

The issue that ignited the French Revolution of 1848 was:

• A meeting of the Estates General

• The desire for a constitution

• A large scale protest about universal manhood sufferage

• Republican Banquets that were a loophole for freedom of assembly.

What was the scope of the Revolutions of 1848?

• Localized issues just in Paris and Vienna

• Nationwide protests in Italy, Austria, and France

• Revolutions all over the continent, but notably not in Britain and Russia

• None of these are accurately stated

What generally was the result of all of the revolutions of 1848?

• Except in a few small cases, generally the revolutions led to conservative governments taking back control

• The European Socialist Soviet Republic began

• Most countries formed republics

• The beginning of the Russian Revolution

Well-known socialists who emerged during 1848 (3)

• Louis Blanc, Frenchman in favor of National Workshops

• Karl Marx, a scientific socialist in favor of revolutions by the working class.

• Alexander de Tocqueville, a member of the French assembly in favor of government sanctioned socialism

• Fredrick Engels, a British industrialist who supported Marx and his message.

Well known Republicans during the Revolutions of 1848 (3)

• Alexander de Tocqueville who unwittingly predicted the revolutions.

• Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Republican that sought Italian Unification

• Robert Blum, a German who would be executed trying to help revolution in Austria

• Nicolas I of Russia, a Czar who supported the Decembrist Revolt

What event was the German Revolution of 1848 centered around?

• The Vienna Student riots- a group of Germanic Austrians seeking revolution

• The Frankfurt Parliament- a Pan-German Parliament seeking Unification

• The Hungarian Parliament- a Pan-German Slavic meeting seeking nationalism

• The Berlin Conference- a meeting called by Bismarck to determine new national borders

Revolution failed to materialize in Britain because:

• Despite having horrible industrial conditions in Britain, laws passed by Parliament provided enough reform.

• The Chartist took over Parliament and all of their goals in place

• They put suppressed the revolutions with violence and brutality

• Revolutionary banquets were encouraged, unlike France.

All of the following are nations/entities resisting Italian Unification except:

• Italian Bourbon Dynasty

• Austrians

• French Bourbon Dynasty

• The Pope

What was France's result in 1848?

• By 1852, the French Republic was recognized by all European nations

• By 1852, Louis Phillipe Egalite had returned from exile

• By 1852, Napoleon III had politically maneuvered to become Emperor

• By 1852, the Paris Commune had been suppressed by the Republic

What was the difference in political reality on the central part of the continent?

• Countries like France were seeking more constitutional reforms, countries like Germany and Austria were just seeking a constitution

• Countries like Italy were seeking a constitution, while countries like France sought more socialist policies

• Countries like Hungary were seeking to join Austria, while countries like Germany invited the king of Bohemia to be a constitutional monarch