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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Political-Cultural Developments

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Why was the Polish-Saxon question a divisive issue at the Congress of Vienna?
  1. Polish leaders had mixed feelings about independence.
  2. Russia and Prussia wanted to claim Poland and Saxony respectively.
  3. Poland wanted independence, but Saxony did not.
  4. Austria claimed all of Poland in order to restore its lost empire.
  5. Poland and Saxony were too fragmented to be restored in the wake of Napoleon.
Explanation
Answer: B - The Polish-Saxon question generated conflict at the Congress of Vienna because Russian wanted to claim Poland, and Prussia all of Saxony. This meant a territorial loss for Austria and a considerable gain for Russia, which with these territorial gains would exert more influence on the continent. Russia and Prussia supported each other on this proposal, with Metternich raising objections on behalf of the German city-states. While the issue almost created a war, Alexander I of Russia ceded enough Polish territory to avoid armed conflict, forcing Prussia to accept less of Saxony than it had hoped to gain.
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