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Phase 2 French Revolution

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two words best describe the second phase of the French Revolution?

a)

Violence

b)

Peace

c)

Stability

d)

Chaos

2.

What kingdom did the Legislative Assembly of France declare war on in 1792 out of fear of a counter revolution and a desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution?

a)

Prussia

b)

Russia

c)

Austria

d)

Great Britain

3.

What other kingdom joined the war against France in 1792?

a)

Russia

b)

Great Britain

c)

Italy

d)

Prussia

4.

Most of the violence took place in Paris in the late summer and early fall of 1792 can be attributed to the group of people represented in the picture. Who were these people?

a)

Girondins

b)

Jacobins

c)

San Culottes

d)

The Boxers

5.

The violent mob often made up be the San Culottes attacked the Tuileries Palace after a Prussian General claimed Paris would be burnt to the ground if any harm fell upon King Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette. What was the name of this threat?

a)

The Austrian Promise

b)

The Russian Revenge

c)

The Brunswick Manifesto

d)

The Prussian Warning

6.

Besides the attack on the Tuileries Palace, the violent mob usually made up of the San Culottes were also responsible for what other violent event in the late summer and early fall of 1792 in which many prisoners were brutally killed?

a)

The Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Women's March to Versailles

c)

The September Massacres

d)

The Fall of the Winter Palace

7.

On September 21, 1792, the Constitutional Monarchy officially came to end. What type of government was established in France?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Absolute Monarchy

c)

A Republic

d)

A collective Dictatorship

8.

What two political clubs had a major influence on the government that replaced the Constitutional Monarchy during the beginning of the 2nd Phase of the French Revolution?

a)

Jacobins

b)

San Culottes

c)

The Boxers

d)

Girondins

9.

What BEST describes the crime King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were found guilty of during the French Revolution?

a)

Depleting the nations treasury

b)

Treason

c)

Taking financial bribes

10.

Which of the following people met their fate by being sent to the guillotine during the 2nd Phase of the French Revolution?

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

Jean Paul Marat

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

e)

Charlotte Corday

11.

What problems faced the revolution / republic during the the early part of 1793? These problems quite simply looked like they would end the French Revolution.

a)

Civil War

b)

War with 6 foreign kingdoms/empires

c)

Conflict within the new government between the two political clubs

d)

High food prices

12.

What was the name of the 12 man committee that was given unlimited power to save the revolution / republic during the 2nd Phase of the French Revolution?

a)

The Mountain

b)

The Paris Commune

c)

The Committee of Public Safety

d)

The Directory

13.

What radical programs were established by the 12 man committee to save the republic / revolution during the 2nd Phase of the French Revolution?

a)

The Reign of Terror

b)

De-Christianization

c)

Brutally putting down Civil Wars in France

d)

The Levee en Mass

14.

Which of the following reasons could get you convicted of being a counter revolutionary during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Referring to someone as Citizen when greeting them

b)

Complaining about the price of bread

c)

Not showing enough enthusiasm for the revolution

d)

Being reported by your neighbor for being a counter revolutionary

15.

Which of the following were a part of the radical program called De-Christianization? Remember this program was another program used to help save the republic / revolution?

a)

Changes to the Christian calendar

b)

Allowing priests to marry

c)

Making Jean Paul Marat a saint in the new church of reason

d)

Eliminating the word saint from street signs

e)

Destroying Christian symbols and statues

16.

What was the radical program called the Levee en Mass? This program was instituted to help save the revolution / republic.

a)

French secondary public schools

b)

French primary level public schools

c)

The French military draft

d)

Changing the names of months and days on the French calendar

17.

What ultimately ended the 2nd phase of the French Revolution?

a)

The execution of Jean Paul Marat

b)

The execution of the King Louis XVI

c)

The execution of Maximilien Robespierre