WH Chapter 2: Part A

Multiple Choice

Which group made up the largest portion of the population in France under the Old Regime?

• The First Estate

• The Second Estate

• The Third Estate

Multiple Choice

Which group was made up of the clergy?

• The 1st Estate

• The 2nd Estate

• The 3rd Estate

Multiple Choice

Which group in French society resented the privileges of the other two groups under the Old Regime?

• The First Estate

• The Second Estate

• The Third Estate

Multiple Select

What were the main causes of the financial crisis in France before the Revolution? (Check all that apply.)

• Deficit spending and war debts

• High food prices and poor harvests

• Lavish royal spending

• Cost of social programs for the poor

Multiple Select

Which actions did the delegates of the Third Estate take after being locked out of the meeting place? Select all that apply.

• They formed the National Assembly

• They stormed the Bastille

• They took the Tennis Court Oath

• They wrote a new constitution

Multiple Choice

The Marquis de LaFayette was a leader of the ______.

• moderates

• liberals

• radicals

• royals

Multiple Choice

The group, the Paris Commune, was a _______ group.

• radical

• royalist

• peasant

• moderate

Multiple Choice

Which slogan became the rallying cry for the reforms passed by the National Assembly in 1789?

• Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

• Peace, Land, and Bread

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Justice, Order, and Progress

Open Ended

Why did the women march on Versailles ?

Multiple Select

Which of the following were consequences of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790)?

• Bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials

• The pope gained more control over the French Church

• The French Catholic Church was placed under state control

• Papal authority over the French Church ended

Multiple Choice

What effect did Louis XVI's failed escape attempt have on international relations?

• Austria and Prussia signed peace treaties with France.

• Austria and Prussia allied themselves with Russia for protection from France.

• Austria and Prussia allied themselves with Britain and fought the French.

• Austria and Prussia helped Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette escape France.

Multiple Choice

Which group pushed the revolution into more radical action and demanded a republic in Paris and other cities?

• Jacobins

• Sans-culottes

• Nobles

• Legislative Assembly