The French Revolution And Napoleon, 1789–1815 (3)
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The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789–1815 (3)
- 1.France's chief tax
- A.
Waterloo
- B.
Taille
- C.
Elba
- D.
Paris Commune
- 2.Demanded equal political rights for women from the new French National Assembly
- A.
Olympe de Gouges
- B.
Paris Commune
- C.
Napoleonic Code
- D.
Elba
- 3.Lawmaking body established by the Constitution of 1791
- A.
Napoleonic Code
- B.
The Mountain
- C.
Coup d' e'tat
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 4.Radical political group made up of the san-culottes
- A.
Maximilien Robespierre
- B.
Paris Commune
- C.
Legislative Assembly
- D.
Taille
- 5.Representatives who convinced the Convention to condemn Louis XVI to death
- A.
Olympe de Gouges
- B.
Waterloo
- C.
The Mountain
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 6.Radical Jacobin
- A.
Legislative Assembly
- B.
Taille
- C.
Napoleonic Code
- D.
Maximilien Robespierre
- 7.A sudden overthrow of the government
- A.
Waterloo
- B.
Coup d' e'tat
- C.
Elba
- D.
Paris Commune
- 8.Preserved most of the revolutionary principles
- A.
Paris Commune
- B.
Taille
- C.
Napoleonic Code
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 9.Island off the coast of Italy, where Nopoleon was first exiled
- A.
Elba
- B.
Taille
- C.
Waterloo
- D.
The Mountain
- 10.Site of Napoleon's final defeat
- A.
Paris Commune
- B.
Napoleonic Code
- C.
Waterloo
- D.
The Mountain
- 11.The french National Assembly swore the Tennis court Oath, which was
- A.
A promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis bracelets.
- B.
A vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution.
- C.
An oath of loyalty to Jean Valjean, an outspoken lawyer that called for doing with the relic of feudalism.
- D.
A promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tired and executed.
- 12.Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because
- A.
The army turned against him and threatened to execute him.
- B.
It was the only way he would be allowed to remain mayor of Paris.
- C.
Thousands of armed Parisian women desended on the palace and captured him and his family.
- D.
His attempt to escape to Poland had failed.
- 13.According to the Civil Constitution of Clergy,
- A.
Bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state.
- B.
The Church was to be separate from the government.
- C.
The Methodist Church was to replace Catholicism as the state religion.
- D.
The Church was to take over the Ligislative Assembly.
- 14.The term sans-culottes, meaning "without breeches," implied that the members of this political group were
- A.
Women, because they wore skirts
- B.
Very poor and could not afford pants
- C.
Pacifists who did not use guns.
- D.
Ordinary patriots without fine clothes.
- 15.The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to
- A.
Drain all the canals.
- B.
Defend France from threats.
- C.
Protect the Paris Commune from thieves.
- D.
Restore order to Brussels
- 16.In an attempt to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention
- A.
Declared new national holidays celebrating great French cuisine.
- B.
Ordered the building of several new libraries and universities, even though the treasury was empty.
- C.
Pursued a policy of de-Christianization, going so far asto adopt a new calendar.
- D.
Drapted yet another constitution to reflect the ideas of enlightment
- 17.Naploleon's coup d' e'tat overthrew the ______________ to establish his consulate.
- A.
Directory
- B.
City mayor
- C.
British government
- D.
Legislative Assembly
- 18.The three major parts of Naploleon's Grand Empire were
- A.
The First Estateon, the Second Estate, and Third Estate.
- B.
France, Morocco, and Algeria.
- C.
The French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.
- D.
Autstria, Purssia, and Serbia.
- 19.What were the two major reasons that Naploleon's Grand Empire collaped?
- A.
Naploleon's greed and laziness within his bureaucracy
- B.
The survival of Great Britain and the force of nationism
- C.
The resentment of the clergy and the plotting of the accountants
- D.
France 's weak econmy and the drain of Naploleon's many wars
- 20.In his final battle, Naploleon was defeated by
- A.
The bitter Russians winter.
- B.
A combined French and Swiss army.
- C.
The Duke of Wellington.
- D.
The superior British navy.
- 21.What percentage of the land was owned by the clergy?
- A.
15 percent
- B.
65 percent
- C.
25 percent
- D.
10 percent
- 22.Which French government lasted thlongest during the period from 1789 to 1815?
- A.
Consulate
- B.
Empire
- C.
Directory
- D.
National Convention
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