World History - The Reign of Terror

Open Ended

Did King Louie XVI have to die in order for the revolution to be successful?

Multiple Choice

Sequence these events of the French Revolution

• The Great Fear, Tennis Court Oath, Reign of Terror, Storming the Bastille

• The Great Fear, Tennis Court Oath, Storming the Bastille, Reign of Terror

• Storming the Bastille, The Great Fear, Tennis Court Oath, Reign of Terror

• Reign of Terror, Storming the Bastille, The Great Fear, Tennis Court Oath

Multiple Choice

9) In the “Tennis Court Oath”, members of the Third Estate

• Swore to behead the king

• Planned to storm the Bastille

• Pledged to improve their tennis game

• Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution

Multiple Choice

10) The event on July 14, 1789 that is the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Execution of Marie Antoinette

• Storming of the Bastille

• Reign of Terror

• Counter Reformation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the BEST reason for the start of the French Revolution

• Anger with the Catholic Church

• Anger with the King and nobility

• Anger with slow industrial development

• Anger with constant wars

Multiple Choice

Why was the execution of Louie XVI and Marie Antoinette seen as necessary during the French Revolution?

• Their support of the American Revolution was seen as treason

• Their lavish spending had bankrupted the country

• Their inability to compromise for required changes

• They were traitors and needed to die so the revolution could live

Multiple Choice

Why did the Reign of Terror contradict the original goals of the French Revolution?

• Robespierre took rights away from the wealthy and only allowed peasants to vote.

• Robespierre gave land back to the nobles who had lost it in the Revolution.

• Robespierre ignored the constitution and became a dictator.

• Robespierre disbanded the French Parliament and named Napoleon as emperor.

Multiple Choice

Which event directly led to the beginning of the Reign of Terror in France?

• The Social Contract.

• The guillotine was invented.

• Napoleon Bonaparte was named the Emperor of France.

• Robespierre became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety.

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