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WorksheetsReign of Terror
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
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.
What country is highlighted on this map?
England
France
Germany
Canada
T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.
TRUE
FALSE
What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?
King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.
King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.
King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.
King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.
What evidence is there that the Committee of Public Safety did not support human rights?
Anyone suspected in their writings or speech of defying the revolution could be killed
The closing of all Catholic Churches in France
The government denying legal counsel to all accused enemies of the revolution
How did the Committee of Public Safety support human rights?
Abolished slavery in all French colonies
Gave women the right to vote
Made all people equal
According to document B, which countries was France at war in 1792 and 1793?
France and Germany
Austria and Prussia
Italy and the Netherlands
