Multiple choice

The dispute that sparked the Franco-Prussian War concerned

  1. a Hohenzollern rising to the Spanish throne.

  2. Bismarck's decision to invade Luxembourg.

  3. The French invasion of Alsace and Lorraine.

  4. Napoleon III's annexation of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Explanation

The immediate trigger for the war was the Ems Dispatch, which concerned the candidacy of a Hohenzollern prince for the Spanish throne, an event France viewed as a threat to its security.