Revolutions

The Enlightenment is often considered a turning point in world history because it?

• applied reason to attack traditional privileges
• established a more rigid social hierarchy
• advanced the teachings of the Catholic Church
• promoted royal absolutism

What changes happened to american politics during the industrial revolution ?

• Government leaders abolished private ownership of property.
• Rising middle classes demanded greater power in government
• Factory workers obtained equality with capitalists.
• Governments adopted central planning for their new industrial economies

Which Latin American leader was influenced by the American and French Revolutions into leading the fight for the independence of Venezuela?

• Toussaint l’Ouverture
• Miguel Hidalgo
• Simón Bolívar
• José de San Martin

Which of the following identifies one way in which Enlightenment ideas influenced the American Revolution?

• American revolutionaries believed people had a right to change an unjust government.
• American revolutionaries supported a strong Presidency to maintain social order and peace.
• American revolutionaries favored church control of public education.
• American revolutionaries sought military alliances with neighboring countries to prevent aggression.

In which form of government do ordinary citizens participate most actively in the making of political decisions?

• totalitarian government
• democratic republic
• dictatorship
• absolute monarchy

Which statement identifies an important impact of the American and French Revolutions on Latin America?

• Latin Americans created a unified state in South America.
• Latin Americans declared their independence from Spain and Portugal
• Latin Americans abolished slavery throughout South America.
• Latin Americans restricted their trade with Great Britain.

A key principle of the system of free enterprise is the

• production of war materials by governments
• organization of workers into unions
• government ownership of most property
• private ownership of businesses