What happened on December 7, 1941 (today in history)? Hint: "It's a day that will live in infamy"

• The Twin Towers were attacked

• The first atomic bomb was dropped on China

• Pearl Harbor was attacked

• The first atomic bomb was tested

Read the list below.

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Coup d'état

Elimination of the Directory

Dissolution of the Consulate

Establishment of imperial form of government

Which title best replaces the question mark in the list?

• King Louis XVI' Fall from Power

• Early Stages of the French Revolution

• Napoleon's Takeover of the French Government

• Impact of the Congress of Vienna on France

What change in French society does this illustration reveal?

• The Third Estate accepted new leaders in the national government

• The upper classes granted new freedoms and privileges to the Third Estate.

• The Third Estate was more educated and rebelled against the upper classes

• The upper classes lacked the money to improve conditions for the Third Estate.

What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) make official?

• France's decision to aid the American Revolution

• the United States' independence from Britain

• the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• the end of the French Monarchy

Which group adopted the Declaration of Independence?

• Sons of Liberty

• Constitutional Convention

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Second Continental Congress

What happened at the 1789 meeting of the Estates-General?

• Delegates chose to abolish the monarchy

• Delegates disagreed about the voting rules

• Delegates proposed a Declaration of Rights

• Delegates established the Committee for Public Safety

Features of the Articles of Confederation

Formed a confederation of independent states

Established a national legislature with limited powers

Gave states equal power in the national legislature

Excluded executive and judicial branches at the national level.

Why did these features lead to the writing of the U.S Constitution?

• They delayed the final outcome of the Revolutionary War

• They prevented states from writing their own laws

• They provided American colonists with weak protections against government tyranny

• They made the central government too weak to address the young nation's problems.

Which statement describes a long-term impact of the French Revolution?

• It established new trade policies with foreign nations

• It spread democracy across much of the European continent

• It changed the balance of power from Western to Eastern Europe

• It showed that united action by a population could result in social reform

Which event best replaces the question mark on this timeline?

• Napoleon takes charge of the army

• Voting rights are granted to peasants

• Catholic Church is ejected from France

• Limitations are placed on the power of the king

Which group best replaces the question mark in the table?

• Foreign citizens

• Revolutionary leaders

• Soldiers and military officers

• Members of the middle class