Chapter 7 Section 2 Lecture

Chapter 7 Section 2 Lecture

Revolution Brings Reform and Terror

Multiple Choice

Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?

• Holy Alliance

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Declaration of Independence

• Napoleonic Code

Multiple Choice

Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants?

• It taxed the bourgeoise.

• It made peasants and noblemen equals.

• It adopted "A Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen."

• It took away the Catholic Church's lands and independence.

Multiple Choice

What action sealed the fate of Louis XVI

• Louis refused to wear the revolutionary bonnet, the the bonnet rouge

• Louis divorced Marie Antoinette in order to start his own religion

• Louis and his family tried to escape to the Austrian Netherlands but were caught in Varennes.

• Louis declared France and Empire and himself Emperor.

Multiple Choice

What did the Radicals want?

• wanted sweeping changes in the way the government was run

• wanted only moderate changes to how government was run

• wanted few changes in government

• wanted the King returned to the throne and revolutionaries executed

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What did the Conservatives want?

• wanted sweeping changes in the way the government was run

• wanted only moderate changes to how government was run

• wanted few changes in government

• wanted the King returned to the throne and revolutionaries executed

Multiple Choice

Who were the Émigrés

• Parisian workers and small shopkeepers

• Nobles and others who fled France and hoped to undo the Revolution

• Members of the clergy who supported the Revolution

• Survivors of the storming of the Bastille

Multiple Choice

The September Massacres were:

• the massacre of sans-culottes by Royalist forces in Paris

• the massacre of royal guards at the Tuileries Palace on August 10

• the massacre of many nobles, priests, and royalist sympathizers in Paris prisons.

• the aftermath of the sack of Paris after Austria and Prussia took the city in 1792.

Multiple Choice

What execution method was most popular during the Reign of Terror?

• guillotine

• breaking on the whell

• firing squad

• hanging

Multiple Choice

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

• the Second Coalition

• the Committee of Public Safety

• the National Assembly

• the Electric Company

Multiple Choice

The committee of Public Safety was led by:

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Louis XVI

• Georges Danton

• Maximilian Robespierre

Multiple Choice

What had to happen in order for you to be convicted and executed during the Reign of Terror?

• trial by a jury of your peers

• the death penalty had already been abolished

• evidence and witnesses presented to prove your innocence or guilt

• someone simply had to say that you were guilty of anti-revolutionary acts

Multiple Choice

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

• royalists

• the peasants

• the clergy

• his fellow revolutionaries

Multiple Choice

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

• no one

• the nobiilty

• known revolutionaries

• only Maximilien Robespierre

Multiple Choice

What was the new form of execution introduced during the revolution?

• Guillotine

• Drawing and quartering

• Firing squad

• Hanging

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for the September massacres?

• Fear of counterrevolutionary conspiracies

• Shortage of food

• Economic crisis

• Religious conflicts

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Committee of Public Safety?

• To manage the economy

• To protect the French Republic from its enemies

• 
  To draft a new constitution

• To negotiate peace treaties

Multiple Choice

What was the fate of Marie Antoinette during the Reign of Terror?

• She was exiled

• She was executed by guillotine

• She was imprisoned for life

• She escaped to Austria

Multiple Choice

What significant action did Napoleon Bonaparte take in Paris in 1795?

• He led a coup against the government

• He put down a royalist insurrection

• He declared himself emperor

• He signed a peace treaty with Austria