Part III: Intro + Revolutionary France

What was the name of the pro-revolutionary reform group that had more than nine hundred affiliated clubs around France?

• b) The Jacobin Club

• a) The Girondins

• d) The Feuillants Club

• c) The Cordeliers Club

Who claimed that ending slavery would lead to an economic disaster for France?

• c) Maximilien Robespierre

• a) Jean-Louis Viefville des Essars

• b) Antoine-Pierre Barnave

• d) Camille Desmoulins

What did the assembly determine about who could vote and participate in politics?

• b) Only men over the age of twenty-five who paid a certain amount of taxes could vote

• a) Only men over the age of thirty who owned property could vote

• d) Only men who were members of the Jacobin Club could vote

• c) Only men who had served in the military could vote

What did the assembly decide to do about the lands and properties owned by the Catholic Church in France?

• c) They decided to distribute these lands among the citizens

• a) They decided to sell these lands to help pay the government's debts

• b) They decided to return these lands to the Catholic Church

• d) They decided to nationalize these lands and keep them under state control

What event marked an important milestone in the revolution and strengthened radical voices (voices calling for an end to the monarchy)?

• c) The March on Versailles

• d) The Execution of King Louis XVI

• a) The Storming of the Bastille

• b) The Flight to Varennes

What did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy do that reduced popular support for the Revolution?

• a) It abolished the Catholic Church in France

• b) It increased the authority of the pope in governing the Catholic Church in France

• c) It required priests and bishops to be elected by the people

• d) It declared Catholicism as the state religion

What did the assembly decide about the issue of slavery in France's colonies?

• c) They decided to grant equal rights to all human beings in the colonies

• d) They decided to maintain the status quo of slavery in the colonies

• b) They decided to exempt the colonies from the new constitution and make it a crime to support slave uprisings

• a) They decided to abolish slavery in all French colonies

What did the assembly enact to change the institutions of French government and reshape life in France?

• a) The Reign of Terror

• b) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

• c) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• d) The creation of a national guard and the reorganization of administrative divisions

What did the assembly decide about the king's powers after the flight to Varennes?

• a) The king's powers would be restored only after the constitution was completed and the king had accepted it

• b) The king's powers would be restored immediately upon his return to Paris

• c) The king's powers would be permanently abolished

• d) The king's powers would be transferred to the assembly

What did the assembly decide about the voting rights of women during the revolutionary period?

• a) Women were given the right to vote on the same terms as men

• b) Women were not given the right to vote, but they continued to play an active political role

• d) Women were given the right to vote only in local elections

• c) Women were excluded from all political participation