WHX Chapter 3

The Declaration of the Rights of Men proclaimed (state)?

• equal rights for men, but not women

• end the monarchy & the abolition of the National Assembly

• equal rights for all citizens, male and female.

• an end to the National police force

What is a coup d'etat?

• chief tax

• ordinary patriot without fine clothes

• social status group

• a sudden overthrow of the government

Which of the following is not one of the Three Estates in France?

• press

• clergy

• commoners

• nobles

The Committee of Public Safety killed almost 40,000 people during what period?

• The Purge

• The Reign of Terror

• The French Massacre

• The Night of the Guillotine

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• protest against the extravagant lifestyle of nobility

• vow to continue to met until they produced a constitution

• an oath of loyalty to Louis XVI

• a promise that clergy were to be tried and executed

Which of the following was NOT the primary causes of the French Revolution?

• Economic Problems

• Inequality

• Government spending

• France support of Russia

What did the monarchy, the Convention, and Napoleon have in common?

• They were all authoritarians

• they all supported democracy

• They all stripped away natural rights

• none of these answers

The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by

• retreating hundreds of miles & burning their villages

• waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter

• splitting their forces in half and attacking from two sides

• making an alliance with Egypt

In both the military and the government, Napoleon's promotions were

• based on wealth

• given to those that Napoleon favored

• based on ability

• designed for the nobility

Which code established by Napoleon created equality of all male citizens before the law?

• the Religious Code

• the Alliance Code

• the da Vinci Code

• the Civil Code