Deck 7: A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

Question 1

define the following term:
the Constitution of 1789

Answer 1

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Question 2

What factors help to explain the Reign of Terror? Was the "terror" justified or did it demonstrate the excesses of revolutionary fervor?

Answer 2

Answers will vary.

Question 3

What events led to the formation of the National Assembly?

Answer 3

Answers will vary.

Question 4

define the following term:
George Washington

Question 5

Was the American War of Independence truly revolutionary? Explain.

Question 6

define the following term:
the Bastille

Question 7

define the following term:
July 4, 1776

Question 8

How did the Committee of Public Safety respond to the threat of foreign invasion?

Question 9

What conditions facilitated Napoleon's rise to power?

Question 10

What led to the fall of Robespierre and the rise of the Directory?

Question 11

How did the French revolutionary government deal with the issue of slavery?

Question 12

What were the most important weaknesses of Napoleon's empire?

Question 13

define the following term:
Yorktown

Question 14

In what ways did Napoleon's policies repudiate the accomplishments of the French Revolution? In what ways did his policies strengthen the accomplishments of the French Revolution?

Question 15

What role did nationalism play in the fall of Napoleon?

Question 16

define the following term:
Bill of Rights

Question 17

define the following term:
natural rights

Question 18

What were the long-term causes of the French Revolution? Was the revolution inevitable? Could it have been avoided? Explain.

Question 19

define the following term:
old order

Question 20

How did Louis XVI respond to the revolutionary challenges to the Old Regime?

Question 21

define the following term:
Third Estate

Question 22

define the following term:
Estates-General

Question 23

define the following term:
Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Question 24

define the following term:
First and Second Estates

Question 25

define the following term:
Continental System

Question 26

define the following term:
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Question 27

define the following term:
National Convention

Question 28

define the following term:
the National Assembly

Question 29

define the following term:
serfdom

Question 30

define the following term:
nationalism

Question 31

define the following term:
Olympe de Gouges

Question 32

define the following term:
the Jacobins

Question 33

define the following term:
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen

Question 34

define the following term:
the Tennis Court Oath

Question 35

define the following term:
the taille

Question 36

define the following term:
sans-culottes

Question 37

define the following term:
the bourgeoisie

Question 38

define the following term:
Georges Danton

Question 39

define the following term:
Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick William II

Question 40

define the following term:
Paris Commune

Question 41

define the following term:
the guillotine

Question 42

define the following term:
"gilded youth"

Question 43

define the following term:
Maximilien Robespierre

Question 44

define the following term:
Battle of Trafalgar

Question 45

define the following term:
republic of virtue

Question 46

define the following term:
Committee of Public Safety

Question 47

define the following term:
Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 48

define the following term:
Directory

Question 49

define the following term:
Lyons, France

Question 50

define the following term:
Toussaint L'Ouverture

Question 51

define the following term:
the Civil Code

Question 52

define the following term:
Temple of Reason

Question 53

define the following term:
Italian and Egyptian campaigns

Question 54

define the following term:
First Consul and Emperor

Question 55

define the following term:
nation in arms

Question 56

define the following term:
Germaine de Staël

Question 57

define the following term:
Reign of Terror

Question 58

define the following term:
Thermidorean Reaction

Question 59

define the following term:
the Concordat

Question 60

define the following term:
fraternité

Question 61

What best describes the gathering of the Estates-General in 1789?

A)Louis XVI's parliamentary body often consulted the king.
B)It was in unanimous agreement that only radical changes could solve France's problems.
C)It was dominated by the first estate composed mostly of urban lawyers.
D)It was in unanimous agreement about the necessity of immediately creation a "National Assembly."
E)It was divided over the issue of voting by "orders" or by "head."

Question 62

What best describes the French economy of the eighteenth century?

A)The economy grew, but also experienced periodic crises.
B)The economy was stagnant due to foreign competition in industry and trade.
C)The economy declined rapidly due to overuse of arable land.
D)The economy was based largely on the silk industry.
E)The economy was entirely based upon agricultural production.

Question 63

On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly voted to abolish

A)the death penalty.
B)monarchial government.
C)aristocratic privileges.
D)slavery.
E)private property.

Question 64

Which group comprised the First Estate in France?

A)The nobility.
B)The clergy
C)The peasants
D)The military
E)The nobility

Question 65

Most Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General advocated

A)the return of serfdom.
B)a complete reworking of French law.
C)the abolition of private property.
D)the abolition of the Church.
E)constitutional government.

Question 66

Napoleon's Civil Code restored the legal power of

A)wives and daughters.
B)aristocrats and nobles.
C)fathers and husbands.
D)kings and bishops.
E)children and dependents.

Question 67

The American Articles of Confederation created a

A)strong central government.
B)constitutional monarchy.
C)weak central government.
D)binding alliance between the United States and France.
E)free trade zone.

Question 68

American victory in the War for Independence was secured by the British surrender at

A)Richmond.
B)Fallen Timber.
C)Fort McHenry.
D)Yorktown.
E)Saratoga.

Question 69

define the following term:
the Grand Army

Question 70

Loyalists made up ____ percent of the American colonial population.

A)2 to 3
B)30 to 35
C)20 to 30
D)35 to 45
E)15 to 30

Question 71

Which group comprised the largest segment of the Third Estate?

A)Skilled artisans
B)Merchants
C)Peasants
D)Professionals
E)Soldiers

Question 72

define the following term:
Elba and Saint Helena

Question 73

What was part of Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church?

A)The pope agreed to condemn all enemies of France.
B)Napoleon acknowledged his subservience to the Pope.
C)The pope was given the right to sue for lands confiscated during the Revolution.
D)Catholicism was recognized as the religion of the majority of French people.
E)Private citizens would return church property they had acquired during the Revolution.

Question 74

What was the most immediate cause of the French Revolution?

A)The government's failure to resolve its debts and other economic problems
B)The threat of foreign invasion
C)The radical calls of the philosophes for reform
D)Louis XVI's rejection of the cahiers de doléances
E)Violent uprisings by the common people who were demanding political and economic equality

Question 75

The Estates-General opened ____ on May 5, 1789.

A)in Marseilles
B)at the Vatican
C)in Lyon
D)at Versailles
E)in Paris

Question 76

What was the status of the French bourgeoisie and nobility by the eighteenth century?

A)They were growing further apart in social status.
B)They were increasingly less distinguishable from each other.
C)They rapidly lost social status to the third estate.
D)They were openly hostile with one another and frequently involved in street battles.
E)They were almost completely dominated by the clergy of the First Estate.

Question 77

Which group had a large representation among the Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General?

A)Priests
B)Peasants
C)Lawyers
D)Courtiers
E)Women

Question 78

Which group constituted a key conduit for "enlightened" American political and moral ideas back to Europe?

A)Returning British prisoners of war
B)French army and navy officers
C)European nobles returning from expeditions to the new American frontier
D)Missionary priests returning from evangelical campaigns deep in the U.S. back country
E)Official proclamations sent to the governments of Europe by George Washington

Question 79

On July 4, 1776, delegates to the Second Continental Congress approved the

A)Declaration of the Rights of the Man and the Citizen.
B)Constitution.
C)Declaration of Independence.
D)Olive Branch Petition.
E)appointment of George Washington as commander of the Continental Army.

Question 80

Which factor played a significant role in the colonists winning their war for independence?

A)Generous military and financial aid from various European states, especially France
B)The collapse of the English colonial system
C)Apathy of the English military
D)Flaws in the English mercantile system
E)The American's naval superiority