Hungary 1849-1867: Revision

Hungary 1849-1867: Revision

Based on érettségi tasks

The following statements are about the period preceding the Compromise.

Decide whether the statements are true or false.

Multiple Choice

Passive resistance meant resistance against the freedom fight.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Passive resistance increased the economic power of the landed nobility.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

During the Bach regime the Habsburgs reinforced by decree the 1848 liberation of the serfs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Hungarian side accepted the Compromise for purely political reasons.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Select the two specific issues which were considered to be shared

affairs.

• concluding a treaty of alliance with Germany

• introducing compulsory education

• establishing an independent judicial organisation

• sending a declaration of war to Serbia

• extending the sphere of authority of high bailiffs (főispán)

Multiple Choice

How does the sentence continue? Select the correct continuation.

The state structure emerging as a result of the compromise was called dual monarchy

because…

• … the ruler reigned together with the estates.

• … the principle of separating the legislative and executive powers was put into effect.

• … the state was comprised of two, legally equal parts both of which governed their

  internal affairs independently.

Open Ended

What was the official name of the state which emerged as a result of the compromise?

Fill in the Blank

From which year until which year did the state emerging as a result of the

compromise exist? Write two years.

Fill in the Blank

Which Hungarian politician, who played a decisive part in the success of the negotiations concerning the compromise, was called ‘The Wise Man of the Nation’?

Each of the facts listed in the task had an effect either on wheat production or on the trade in wheat. Write down a direct consequence of each of the facts listed below which can be deduced from one of the tables supplied as sources.

In the given period, there was a customs union between Austria and Hungary;

the two countries were not separated by a customs border.

Open Ended

In the given period, there was a customs union between Austria and Hungary; the two countries were not separated by a customs border.

Consequence:

From the mid 1870’s, cheap American wheat flooded the European markets.

Open Ended

From the mid 1870’s, cheap American wheat flooded the European markets.

Consequence:

New methods were being introduced in agriculture, and regular refertilising

became widespread.

Open Ended

New methods were being introduced in agriculture, and regular refertilising became widespread.

Consequence: