Chapter 23 French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

• 1

• 10

• 50

• 98

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

• Robespierre was executed by guillotine

• French women marched all the way to Versailles

• A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder

• All of the above are true

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

• no one

• the nobility

• known revolutionaries

• only Maximilien Robespierre

Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?

• to destroy France

• to execute Napoleon by guillotine

• to establish a balance of power in Europe

• to establish Vienna as the new capital of Europe

Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?

• Czar Alexander I of Russia

• Emperor Francis I of Austria

• King Frederick William III of Prussia

• Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria

In what year did Napoleon seize control of the government and assume dictatorial powers?

• 1800

• 1799

• 1805

• 1804

Which of the following events was the latest to occur?

• sale of the Louisiana Territory

• sending an army through Spain to Portugal

• losing the Battle of Trafalgar

• Napoleon's making himself Emperor

What does this time line represent?

• a brief history of the French Revolution

• all the battles Napoleon fought in

• highlights of Napoleon's political and military career

• all of the above are true

In what year did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

• 1805

• 1796

• 1800

• 1803

Which event happened earliest?

• Battle of Trafalgar

• invasion of Russia

• sale of the Louisiana Territory

• invasion of Portugal