Revolution Review

What personal right guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1791 was included in the Napoleonic Code?

• Free education

• Religious freedom

• Racial equality

• Universal suffrage

Napoleon was successful in building his empire for all of the following reasons except—

• victories on the high seas

• large, well-trained army

• mandate of the French people

• latest advanced weapons

The American Revolution and the French Revolution are considered turning points in history because these revolutions —

• demonstrated the need for the development of international organizations able to carry out peacekeeping operations

• led to the abolition of slavery in their respective countries.

• served as inspiration for peoples in other parts of the world seeking democracy and independence.

• marked the end of European influence in the West

During the nineteenth century, the American Revolution and the French Revolution had the greatest influence on which of the following regions?

• Latin America

• Eastern Europe

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Southeast Asia

The French Revolution and the American Revolution shared all of the following causes EXCEPT --

• influence of Enlightenment thought

• thoughtless and indebted monarchs

• weakening of the Catholic Church

• growing middle class

All of the following were causes of the 1789 French Revolution, EXCEPT the —

• rise of the Third Estate

• spread of ideas from the Enlightenment

• precedent of the American rebellion

• invasion of Austrian troops

A major contributing factor to the start of an independence movement in the American colonies was —

• the failure of the colonists to follow the British laws

• a disagreement over the use of enslaved labor in the colonies

• a worsening famine brought about by poor harvests in the colonies

• the lack of representation of the colonists in the British parliament

The American revolutionaries fought to gain independence from a colonial power, while the French revolutionaries revolted in order

to —

• spread Enlightenment ideas to all of Europe

• protect the absolutist divine right of the king

• replace the existing political and social order

• create a French empire extending across Europe

Why was Simon Bolivar known as “The Liberator”?

• He led a slave revolt in Haiti.

• He defeated Napoleon in Belgium.

• He ended the Reign of Terror in France.

• He led independence movements in Latin America.