AP World History Chapter 22 Quiz (revolutions)

Which of the following ran counter to the democratic impulses associated with the American Revolution?

• Rejection of aristocratic notions of hierarchy in the thirteen colonies

• Continued centrality of slavery to the colonial socioeconomic order

• New England's tradition of town meetings

• Virginia's practice of election of a House of Burgesses

Which list places key events of the French Revolution in proper chronological order?

• Formation of National Assembly, Reign of Terror, Directory, Rule of Napoleon

• Reign of Terror, rule of Napoleon, formation of National Assembly, Directory

• Directory, rule of Napoleon, formation of National Assembly, Reign of Terror

• Formation of National Assembly, Reign of Terror, rule of Napoleon, Directory

Which of the following documents spells out Enlightenment ideas as they were applied to revolutionary France?

• The Declaration of Independence

• Second Treatise of Government

• The Social Contract

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Which of the Western societies expanded democratic rights in the first half of the nineteenth century but did not experience the mass upheavals of 1848?

• Great Britain and France

• France and United States

• Great Britain and United States

• Great Britain, France, and United States

The North and South American independence movements of the late 18th and 19th century shared which of the following?

• limitation of civil rights to a minority of the population

• reliance on Christian teachings to define revolutionary demands

• industrial economies that permitted both areas to break free of European control

• the desire of a majority of revolutionary leaders to create a politically united hemisphere

• political instability caused by constant warfare among the new states

Latin American revolutions were initially triggered by

• increased tax money flowing back to Europe.

• suppression of the church in Latin America

• confiscation of all colonial lands.

• Napoleon’s invasions of Spain and Portugal.

• a desire by the indigenous peoples to reclaim their independence

The overthrow of the Venezuelan, Mexican, and Bolivian colonial governments was initially led by

• slaves

• local elites

• local church leaders

• the uneducated peasantry

• Haitian revolutionaries

After declaring independence in 1822, Brazil’s new government was a(n)

• dictatorship

• military dictatorship

• constitutional monarchy

• constitutional republic

• oligarchy

Which of the following statements about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights is false?

• They fashioned a federal republic in which the national government controlled diplomacy, war and peace, interstate and

  international commerce, the army and navy, and Indian affairs.

• They established an open, liberal society that would tolerate freedom of religion, speech, and the press.

• They guaranteed procedural protections and a fair trial for those accused of a crime.

• They emphasized the need for separation of power and checks and balances.

• Their view on federalism gave the states more power than the federal government.

The traditional voting system of the Estates General

• was based on a one man, one vote method.

• favored the Third Estate

• enabled the First and Second Estates to combine to outvote the numerically larger Third Estate.

• was surprisingly democratic in that it allowed women the vote.

• enabled the First and Third Estates to combing to outvote the numerically larger Second Estate.