AustriaGeschichte 25 · History of Austria
What is true about the Habsburg Monarchy around the year 1900?
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Was trifft auf die Habsburgermonarchie um das Jahr 1900 zu?
- aThe great majority of people in the empire had German as their mother tongue.Die große Mehrheit der Menschen im Reich hatte Deutsch als Muttersprache.
- bMany peoples demanded more rights for their language and more self-government.Viele Völker verlangten mehr Rechte für ihre Sprache und mehr Selbstverwaltung.Correct answer
- cMany peoples with their own languages lived in it, for example Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats and Italians.In ihr lebten viele Völker mit eigenen Sprachen, zum Beispiel Deutsche, Ungarn, Tschechen, Polen, Kroaten und Italiener.Correct answer
- dAll peoples had the same goal: one common nation state for all inhabitants.Alle Völker hatten dasselbe Ziel: einen gemeinsamen Nationalstaat aller Bewohner.
Why?
Austria-Hungary was a multi-ethnic state in which German speakers made up only about a quarter of the population. Czechs, Poles, South Slavs and other peoples demanded their own rights more and more strongly, and the conflict over language and self-determination put a heavy strain on the state.
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