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Haitian Revolution Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What revolution Influenced The Haitian Revolution?

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Chinese Revolution

d)

French Revolution

2.

Why did the Haitian Revolution start?

a)

The revolution started because of slaves wanting social equality and freedom.

b)

Because of Robespierre

c)

Started in 1791

d)

Because of the important people

3.

Which Enlightenment philosopher’s ideas on equality and natural rights became the basis of the Haitian Revolution?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

John Locke

4.

Which crop made the French colony of Saint Domingue so rich?

a)

Beets

b)

Sugar Cane

c)

Bananas

d)

Avocado

5.

Who were the Gens de Couleur?

a)

White Plantation Owners

b)

Free Black Citizens

c)

African Slaves

d)

Americans

6.

Why did Napoleon send an army to Saint Domingue?

a)

He wanted to bring the people to France.

b)

He wanted to defeat the British

c)

He wanted to bring back slavery and get the wealth from sugar cane

d)

He wanted to help the freed slaves

7.

Who was the leading general of the Haitian Revolution?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Jean Jacques Dessalines

c)

Hidalgo

d)

Toussaint L'Ouverture

8.
The Haitian Revolution was the first completely successful _____ revolt in world history.
a)
Male
b)
Rich landowner
c)
Slave
d)
Nationalistic 
9.
Which European country had control over Haiti?
a)
Spain
b)
Italy
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
10.

How were the Haitian, Mexican, and South American revolutions influenced by the Enlightenment?

a)

They wanted to support the theory of divine right of kings.

b)

They wanted to protect the class systems already in place.

c)

They wanted to base government ideas on religious beliefs.

d)

They wanted to gain equality and liberty in their nations.

11.

Sugar plantations were introduced to Haiti in 1700, which _____ greedy Europeans' desire to enslave Africans for cheap labor.

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

c)

Demand was unchanged

d)

All of the above

12.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was possibly beneficial for what two groups?
a)
Free people of color and working class whites
b)
Rich whites and working class whites
c)
Working class whites and the enslaved
d)
Free people of color and the enslaved
13.
What "invisible weapon" helped the Haitians defeat Napoleon's army?
a)
Chicken pox
b)
Black plague
c)
Yellow fever
d)

COVID-19

14.
Slaves made up ___% of the Haitian population.
a)
25
b)
50
c)
80
d)
90
15.

The Affranchis were freedmen who...

a)

often worked as overseers

b)

had to wear special clothing

c)

could be government officials

d)

had freedoms that threatened law makers

e)

worked as artisans or servants on plantations

16.

They were usually bi-racial, considered the elite class of urban slaves and domestics, who worked as cooks, personal servants and artisans around the plantation house. This relatively privileged class was chiefly born in the Americas.

a)

Big Whites

b)

Little Whites

c)

Free Blacks

d)

Creole Slaves

e)

African Slaves

17.

They were under-class of slaves that were stolen from their home; who labored hard, often under abusive and brutal conditions.

a)

Free Blacks

b)

African Slaves

c)

Big Whites

d)

Little Whites

e)

Creole Slaves

18.

What actions lead to the Creole elite feeling uneasy and eventually plotting the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines?

a)

He began a campaign of wiping out the country’s whites, thousands were killed

b)

He made it illegal for them to own property

c)

He took land owned by white people

d)

He defeated the French after they came back to try and force slavery on the people

19.

Which one of these atrocities DID NOT HAPPEN to slaves working in St. Domingue?

a)

They were whipped with more certainty and regularity than they received their food

b)

They were jailed for trying to escape

c)

They had boiling cane sugar over their heads

d)

They were filled with gunpowder and then blew up with a match igniting the gunpowder

20.
Who were the petits blancs?
a)
slaves
b)
people of mixed racial heritage
c)
artisans and merchants in cities
d)
the planter elite