Unit 2 Section 2 Review

Unit 2 Section 2 Review

Lesson 1

The French Revolution Begins

Multiple Choice

French soldiers brought home ideas about government and rights from the American Revolution, including news of the Declaration of Independence. One of the ideas presented in the Declaration of Independence is equality for all. Englishman Thomas Hobbes and which other Enlightenment thinker proposed this idea?

• Rosseau

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

Amidst ongoing famine, rising discontent, and increased taxes Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General leading up to the French Revolution. This was the first time this call had been issued in one hundred fifty years. Why did the king call this meeting?

• to move France toward a constitutional monarchy

• to create a plan of action to stop the famine

• to give the people a voice

• to attempt economic and monetary crisis reform

Multiple Choice

Which event immediately followed the storming of the Bastille?

• Peasants began attacking the aristocracy.

• Louis XVI stepped down.

• The Estates-General was dissolved.

• Government troops attacked the National Assembly.

Multiple Choice

What was the overall purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

• to create a government responsive to the people

• to eliminate the monarchy and aristocracy

• to guarantee a good life to all citizens

• to eliminate the excessive power of clergy

Lesson 2

The Regin of Terror

Multiple Choice

A small group of centrists tried to get the Jacobins and the Conservatives to compromise on what main idea?

• a republic versus a constitutional monarchy

• a monarchy versus a constitutional monarchy

• a democratic republic versus a monarchy

• a church leader versus a monarchy

Multiple Choice

What did the guillotine symbolize?

• the execution of the wealthy

• the Reign of Terror

• the National Convention

• the power of radicals

Multiple Choice

Read the quote by Maximilien de Robespierre.

"Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible."

How does the quote best apply to the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre’s leadership?

• People had a right to a speedy trial under the Committee of Public Safety.

• Citizens who behaved had nothing to fear from the Committee of Public Safety.

• The Committee of Public Safety meted out justice fairly and evenly.

• The Committee of Public Safety forcefully eliminated all opposition.

Multiple Choice

The working people of France were called the

• nobility.

• laborers.

• bourgeoisie.

• sans-coulotte.

Look at the painting The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by Jacques-Louis David (1789).

Then answer the following question

Multiple Choice

The most likely message this painting sends to French citizens is that

• one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve France.

• loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children.

• brutality is an integral part of revolution and the Reign of Terror.

• no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.

Lesson 3

Napoleon's Rise and Fall

Multiple Choice

How did Napoleon help to restore the Catholic Church in France?

• He allowed the Pope to nominate the bishops.

• He allowed exemption from taxes for all Catholics.

• He declared that only Catholics could serve in government.

• He declared Catholicism the official religion of France.

Multiple Choice

After taking power, one action that Napoleon refused to take was to

• establish the Bank of France.

• dismiss corrupt officials.

• improve tax collection.

• give women the right to vote.

Multiple Choice

What was the contributing factor to Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar?

• Spain allied with Britain, and together they defeated France’s weak navy.

• Napoleon enlisted Spain’s help in forming a strong navy, but he was defeated anyway.

• The allied forces, made up of all countries in Europe except France, defeated the French.

• Spain refused Napoleon’s request for help and turned against France.

Multiple Choice

The best definition of nationalism is devotion and loyalty to one’s

• race.

• region.

• religion.

• country.

Multiple Choice

Read the quote delivered by the Consulate on November 12, 1799.

People of France: Swear with us to be true to the Republic one and indivisible, founded on equality, liberty, and the representative system.

What is the problem with this quote?

• France was not founded on equality and liberty.

• This was uttered not by the Consuls, but only by Napoleon.

• A representative system wasn’t created—a dictatorship was.

• The year the statement was made was 1789.