Besides Suffering a Humiliating Defeat at the Hands of the Prussians

question 5

Multiple Choice

Besides suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Prussians in 1870, the French also

• A) lost their overseas empire to the new German state.
• B) had to recognize the independence of Austria-Hungary.
• C) experienced an uprising that led to Napoleon III's downfall and the formation of a Third Republic.
• D) had to pay reparations for war damages as they accepted full responsibility for the war.
• E) had to sign a non-aggression pact with Prussia that was to last for fifty years.

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