history: chpt. 11 test

Question 0

Aristocratic privileges

Answer 0

Relics of feudalism

Question 1

One of the three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution: the clergy (first ____), the nobles (second ____), and the townspeople (third ____)

Answer 1

Estate

Question 2

Middle class

Answer 2

Bourgeoisie

Question 3

Called the meeting of the Estates-General to raise new taxes

Answer 3

Louis XVI

Question 4

Where the meeting of the Estates-General opened on May 5, 1789

Answer 4

Versailles

Question 5

Deputies swore they would continue to meet until they had produced a French Constitution

Answer 5

Tennis Court Oath

Question 6

Where Bastille, an armory and prison is located

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

On August 26, the National Assembly adopted the _____

Answer 7

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

Question 8

A woman who wrote plays and pamphlets, refused to accept the exclusion of women from political rights; she penned a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen

Answer 8

Olympe de Gouges

Question 9

Rulers of ____ and ____ threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power

Answer 9

Austria and Prussia

Question 10

Ordinary patriots with out fine clothes

Answer 10

Sans-culottes

Question 11

Explain why the Catholic Church was targeted for reform.

Answer 11

It was seen as an important pillar of the old order

Question 12

List the reasons for the near collapse of government finances in France

Answer 12

Social conditions, bad harvests, slow manufacturing, food shortages, rising prices, unemployment

Question 13

Social commoners

Answer 13

Third Estate

Question 14

Merchants, bankers, industrialists, professionals

Answer 14

Bourgeoisie

Question 15

French parliament under Louis XVI

Answer 15

Estates-General

Question 16

“Without breeches,” members of the Paris Commune

Answer 16

San-culottes

Question 17

The Second Estate did all of the following EXCEPT

A. Own from 25 to 39 percent of the land
B. Hold high positions in government and the military
C. Not pay taxes
D. Side with peasants

Answer 17

D. Side with peasants

Question 18

The Paris Bastille was

Answer 18

An armory and prison

Question 19

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed all of the following EXCEPT

A. An end to tax exemptions
B. Freedom of speech
C. Equal rights for women
D. Freedom of the press

Answer 19

C. Equal rights for women

Question 20

The National Assembly’s Constitution of 1791, _____

Answer 20

Set up a limited monarchy

Question 21

The Paris Commune demonstrated, then seized power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A. Defeats in war with Austria
B. Economic shortages
C. Loyalty to Prussia
D. Anger with the monarchy

Answer 21

C. Loyalty to Prussia

Question 22

Minister of Justice for the Paris Commune

Answer 22

Georges Danton

Question 23

Individuals qualified to vote

Answer 23

Electors

Question 24

Sudden overthrow of government

Answer 24

Coup d'ètat

Question 25

Dissenting groups

Answer 25

Factions

Question 26

Upper legislative house under the Constitution of 1795

Answer 26

Council of Elders

Question 27

The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute

Answer 27

Enemies of the republic

Question 28

The two dissenting groups within the National Convention were the

Answer 28

Girondins and the Mountain

Question 29

During its rule, the government of the Directory was opposed by

Answer 29

Royalists and radicals

Question 30

The Directory was eventually toppled by

Answer 30

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 31

The Committee of Public Safety was originally set up to

Answer 31

Defend France against foreign armies

Question 32

Published a radical journal called "Friend of the People"

Answer 32

Jean-Paul Marat

Question 33

A large network of political groups throughout France

Answer 33

Jacobin

Question 34

A special committee of 12 that had been given broad powers by the National Convention

Answer 34

Committee of Public Safety

Question 35

Eventually dominated the Committee of Public Safety

Answer 35

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 36

Revolutionary courts were set up to prosecute internal enemies of the revolutionary republic. Close to 40,000 people were killed during this time

Answer 36

Reign of Terror

Question 37

A city where 1,880 citizens were executed.

Answer 37

Lyon

Question 38

The city where victims were executed by being sunk in barges in the Loire River

Answer 38

Nantes

Question 39

Located in France, across the Rhine River; the republic's army conquered it

Answer 39

Austrian Netherlands

Question 40

Explain the similarities and differences between the Girondins and the Mountain

Answer 40

Girondins represented provinces; feared radical mobs; and wanted Louis XVI alive The Mountain represented interests of radical; and wanted Louis XVI dead They both were members of the Jacobin club

Question 41

List the members of the informal coalition that took up arms against France. What was the result of this conflict?

Answer 41

Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic. French armies fell back and France was invaded.

Question 42

Dominated French and European history from 1799 to 1815

Answer 42

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 43

Napoleon's birthplace

Answer 43

Corsica

Question 44

Napoleon's government after 1799

Answer 44

Consulate

Question 45

Napoleon's unified law system

Answer 45

Civil Code

Question 46

Laws a prominent writer; liked Napoleon at first but them called him a tyrant

Answer 46

Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

Question 47

Unique cultural identity of a people

Answer 47

Nationalism

Question 48

They city the Russians burned this city and when Napoleon's grand army arrived with no supplies they abandoned it

Answer 48

Moscow

Question 49

The island Napoleon was first exiled to

Answer 49

Elba

Question 50

Where Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington

Answer 50

Waterloo

Question 51

Head over the British and Prussian army

Answer 51

Duke of Wellington

Question 52

Explain how nationalism contributed to Napolean's defeat.

Answer 52

The spirit of the French nationalism had made possible mass armies of the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Napoleon brought nationalism with his new principles

Question 53

List the powers Napoleon exercised as the first Consul

Answer 53

Controlled the government, army, foreign affairs, appointed members of the bureaucracy, and influenced legislature

Question 54

Napoleon's Continental System was designed to

Answer 54

Stop British trade with Europe

Question 55

Napoleon's military force was called the

Answer 55

Grand Army

Question 56

Promotion within Napoleon's government and military was based on

Answer 56

Ability

Question 57

Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church did all of the following EXCEPT A. Recognize Catholicism as the majority religion of France B. Return church lands to the pope and clergy C. Make those who had purchased church land his supporters D. Restore some stability to France

Answer 57

B. Return church lands to the pope and clergy

Question 58

Napoleon's Civil Code treated women

Answer 58

As less than equal to men