Reign of Terror

Which form of government has a king?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Republic

Who is shown beheaded in this painting?

• King Louis XVI

• Queen Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

• Committee of Public Safety

• National Assembly

• Jacobin Club

• Dechristianization

The Committee of Public Safety adopted policies known as the ___________, which led to the deaths of 40,000 French people.

• Reign of Terror

• League of Nations

• Constitutional Convention

• National Convention

What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?

• Guillotine

• Hanging

• Electric chair

• Firing squad

What label did Robespierre use for the new social order he aimed to create through the Reign of Terror?

• The Republic of Virtue

• The Cathedral of Notre Dame

• The Committee of Public Safety

• The Temple of Reason

Which of these describes the goals of the de-Christianization policy?

• Eliminate religion in France as superstition

• Encourage more religious devotion

• Anyone hoarding grain would be killed

• Win the wars against Austria & Prussia

Which of these were examples of the policy of de-Christianization in France? [mark 3]

• Notre Dame was converted to a "temple of reason"

• The Catholic calendar was replaced

• The new Republican Calendar eliminated Christian holidays like Christmas & Easter

• The punishment for "monopolizing" was death

• Many citizens joined political clubs like the Mountain

With the "Decree Against Profiteers," the Committee of Public Safety tried to force merchants to sell their goods by using the threat of _____.

• death

• fines

• higher taxes

• patriotism

The "Law of Suspects" established revolutionary courts to try anyone suspected of ...

• treason against the revolution.

• monopolizing essential merchandise.

• being executed by guillotine.

• being a foreign spy.