Age of Revolutions

The word revolution can best be defined as:

• a sudden and dramatic natural disaster in a large city

• a nation's fundamental change in its government, political system, and/or way of life.

• a change in citizen's well- being that always leads to bloodshed

• the belief in a better role for government

Why did people in America and France protest during the Age of Revolution?

• unfair taxes

• unequal political status

• the rising prices of good

• all of the above

Which revolutionary idea is expressed (explained) in the American Declaration of Independence?

• The government should guarantee every citizen economic security

• The national government and state governments should have equal power.

• The government should protect the basic rights of its people

• Kings get their power from God

What effect did the American Revolution have on world populations?

• It made the idea of democracy and individual rights popular

• It made the citizens of the world realize that they did not need a king to govern them.

• It made the citizens of the world hold their leaders accountable.

• All of the above are correct.

If you are arrested for a crime, you have certain rights. One of those rights came from an Enlightenment idea. This right is...

• Freedom of Speech

• Right to bear arms

• Right of innocence until proven guilty

• Right of religious toleration

Which revolution prompted Napolean and the French government to sell North American territory to Thomas Jefferson, doubling the size of the United States?

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• Latin American Revolution

• Mexican American Revolution

Which revolution prompted Napoleon and the French to sell North American territory to Thomas Jefferson, doubling the size of the United States?

• Haitian Revolution

• American Revolution

• Latin American Revolution

• Mexican American Revolution

What was unique about the Haitian Revolution among other Revolutions?

• First revolution in North America

• No clear winner of the revolution

• First successful slave revolt in the Western Hemisphere

• Inspired all slaves in the American South to revolt

The long- term effects of the Latin American Revolution led to the decline in power of which major European power?

• France

• England

• Sweden

• Spain

The leader of the Mexican Revolution gave his famous Grito De Delores speech, calling for the peasants to fight against the Spanish?

• Napoleon

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Jose Morales