Bentley Ch. 28 Revolutions
- 1.Which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the French Revolution of 1789?
- A.
A staggering national debt
- B.
Accusation of treason against Louis XVI
- C.
Resentment at the privileges of the aristocracy
- D.
The extravagance of Marie Antoinette and the court at Versailles
- 2.Under the rule of the Convention, French women
- A.
Gained important property rights and the right to a divorce
- B.
Were proclaimed full citizens of the Republic
- C.
Lost economic power to their husbands
- D.
Were granted the right to vote in national elections
- 3.In general, Napoleon championed
- A.
Political freedom but not social equality
- B.
Equality under the law but not political freedom
- C.
Freedom of expression but only for the aristocracy
- D.
All the rights of citizenship proclaimed by the National Assembly
- 4.Which of the following is NOT a correct explanation of why the Haitian revolution succeeded?
- A.
The large maroon population supported the revolution
- B.
Toussaint Louverture was an effective strategist
- C.
The revolutionaries had the support of British and Spanish forces
- D.
The French army was struck down with yellow fever
- 5.In leading the revolutions of South America, Simon Bolivar advocated
- A.
That Spanish colonial rule be replaced with an indigenous monarchy
- B.
That ethnic nationalism be the basis of the new states
- C.
Popular sovereignty
- D.
The abolition of slavery and full male suffrage
- 6.A political liberal in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate
- A.
Returning freed slaves to Africa
- B.
The confiscation of church property by the state
- C.
Universal suffrage for all men and women, regardless of race
- D.
Written constitutions and representative government
- 7.The German people united behind King Wilhelm because
- A.
He promised them a constitutional monarchy
- B.
He was the rightful heir to the Holy Roman Empire
- C.
The wars engineered by Bismarck generated strong nationalist sentiment
- D.
The Prussian army defeated all other claimants to the throne
- 8.Victory in the Seven Years' War ensured
- A.
The prosperity of British colonies and that Britain would dominate global trade in the coming century
- B.
The domination of Britain as a land and sea power and that her colonies would move rapidly toward independence
- C.
The demise of Britain as a colonial pwer and the rise of the U.S. as the dominant force in global commerce
- D.
The rise of European powers as colonial occupiers and the subjugation of the indigenous peoples of North and South America
- 9.In which of the following places was slavery ended with revolution than by government decree?
- A.
U.S.
- B.
Brazil
- C.
Great Britain
- D.
Haiti
- 10.Which of the following would NOT be an example of cultural nationalism?
- A.
The study of language and history
- B.
Collecting folk songs and fairy tales
- C.
Anti-Semitism
- D.
All answers are examples of cultural nationalism
- 11.Theodor Herzl's Zionism was the direct result of
- A.
His shock at a government order revoking the citizenship of all French Jews
- B.
His shock at the army's persecution of Alfred Dreyfus
- C.
A religious revelation that European Jews should return to the Holy Land
- D.
A wave of persecuting against Jews living in the Ottoman empire
- 12.A political conservative in the nineteenth century would be likely to advocate
- A.
The restoration of the French monarchy after the defeat of Napoleon
- B.
Limiting suffrage to men of property and government support of the established church
- C.
Censorship as a reasonable means of preventing social unrest
- D.
All of these ideas would be advocated
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