Why Did the 1848 Revolution in Hungary Ultimately Fail to Achieve

question 27

Multiple Choice

Why did the 1848 revolution in Hungary ultimately fail to achieve political autonomy?

• A) The Austrian government took advantage of ethnic and social divisions within the revolutionary movement to suppress the nationalist revolt.
• B) The workers in Budapest failed to gain support from peasants in the countryside, so they remained a minority voice.
• C) The working classes and the middle-class liberals disagreed on whether it was more essential to push for political reform or economic reform, and the revolution fell apart.
• D) The new Hungarian government misjudged its political alliances and sold itself out by siding with Russia against the Austrian Empire.

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