Deck 30: Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

Question 1

Describe the general course of the American Revolution. What factors contributed to an American victory over such a strong empire as Britain?

Answer 1

Answer not provided.

Question 2

For 18^th century liberals, the governmental role model was

A) France.
B) Switzerland.
C) Rome.
D) England.
E) Egypt.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Nineteenth century liberalism emerged as a result of

A) the Protestant Reformation.
B) the Inquisition.
C) the Glorious Revolution.
D) the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
E) the Counter-Reformation.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What would best describe the liberal concept of government?

A) representative
B) enlightened despotism
C) parliamentary
D) democratic
E) egalitarian

Question 5

Evaluate how and in why the British government's policy undermined the loyalty of the American colonies and led to the Revolution.

Question 6

Which was not truly an 18^th century liberal ideal?

A) equality before the law
B) representative government for everyone
C) freedom of the press
D) freedom of assembly
E) liberty of conscience

Question 7

The men who were responsible for the wording of the Constitution were

A) individualists who had a hard time compromising with each other.
B) conservatives when it came to changing the entrenched social institutions.
C) liberals when they dealt with political equality.
D) conservative in their approach to freedom of opportunity.
E) conservative when it came down to whether they should try to hold on to the Articles of Confederation.

Question 8

In the liberal perspective, the strongest branch of government should be the

A) executive.
B) judiciary.
C) legislature.
D) representative.
E) none of these

Question 9

The real American Revolution was

A) the winning of the war that gave the colonies independence from Britain.
B) the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
C) the establishment of a free, representative government without a monarch.
D) the treaty signed in Paris.
E) the ratification of the Constitution.

Question 10

Of all forms of government, 18^th century liberals would have been most apt to support

A) aristocracy.
B) absolute monarchy.
C) parliamentary democracy.
D) absolute democracy.
E) constitutional monarchy.

Question 11

Which of these was true of the American colonies in 1775?

A) Overall, their taxes were above average.
B) Per capita income was higher than in any European country.
C) The Hanovers kept a tight rein on the American colonists, but liberal ideas made that harder to do.
D) The colonists had offered to put together their own standing army so that Britain would not have to bear that cost, but they had been rebuked.
E) About one million free colonists lived in America by that time.

Question 12

The American Revolution was led by

A) farmers.
B) the middle class.
C) radical revolutionaries.
D) the wealthy.
E) recent arrivals.

Question 13

Nineteenth century liberals believed that the cure for many of society's problems would be

A) financial success.
B) good jobs.
C) urban living.
D) education.
E) rationalism.

Question 14

The taxes imposed by the British on the colonies had mainly to do with

A) maintaining an East India Company monopoly.
B) expanding the powers of the Crown.
C) controlling colonial commerce.
D) maintaining an army for the colonies' defense.
E) keeping the colonists in line.

Question 15

Because America contained no large numbers of the very poor, Americans

A) felt more comfortable with the concept of democracy than did Europeans.
B) reserved their special "consideration due to impoverished backgrounds" to the newest immigrants.
C) were more comfortable with Irish radical immigrants than they would have otherwise.
D) did not understand the French Revolution at all.
E) wanted to forget about the social problems then facing countries across Europe.

Question 16

The new government established in America surprised many Europeans because it

A) did not abolish slavery.
B) allowed most free white men to vote.
C) established so many laws concerning social issues.
D) was such a conservative body.
E) demonstrated that a large, representative government could function without a monarch.

Question 17

Explain the fundamentals of liberalism. In what ways did that concept differ from pure democracy?

Question 18

A "level playing field," in liberal terms refers to

A) universal political participation.
B) equal economic status.
C) equal opportunity of proving oneself.
D) total individual freedom.
E) equal societal status.

Question 19

What impact did the success of the American Revolution have upon other countries in Europe?

Question 20

Which of these popular documents had first fueled the fires of revolution?

A) The Declaration of Independence
B) Common Sense
C) Poor Richard's Almanac
D) The Navigation Acts
E) the Articles of Confederation

Question 21

At the end of the American Revolution, the new United States

A) agreed to pay war reparations to Britain.
B) became the first country ever to establish a republican form of government.
C) briefly toyed with the idea of having a monarch.
D) gained territory that extended to the Mississippi River.
E) gave the vote to all white males.

Question 22

The colony at the center of the unrest in the American colonies was

A) Plymouth.
B) Georgia.
C) Massachusetts Bay.
D) the Carolinas.
E) Virginia.

Question 23

The basic liberal philosophy is a product of the ____________________ period.

Question 24

In matters of religion, 18^th century liberals normally believed that

A) there should be an officially designated and supported faith.
B) all individuals should have freedom to believe as they saw fit.
C) the government must have authority over religion because of its connection with politics.
D) all humans were naturally inclined to evil and sinfulness.
E) the best religion was one that recognized the worth of humanity.

Question 25

The men who framed America's current Constitution believed in ____________________ ____________________ ____________________, but not equality before the law.

Question 26

The major protest in the colonies in 1765 was generated by the

A) Stamp Act.
B) Navigation Acts.
C) Declaratory Acts.
D) Townshend Acts.
E) Quartering Act.

Question 27

In ____________________ ____________________, Thomas Paine referred to King George III as a "hardened, sullen Pharaoh."

Question 28

Under the ____________________ ____________________ ____________________, France agreed to help the Americans with both monetary aid and manpower.

Question 29

The British government responded to the Boston Tea Party by

A) opening negotiations.
B) closing Boston Harbor.
C) attacking Americans at Lexington.
D) passing the Navigation Acts.
E) arresting all those involved.

Question 30

The American Revolution had the most direct impact on the citizens of

A) England.
B) Scotland.
C) Germany.
D) Spain.
E) France.

Question 31

The ____________________ ____________________ demanded use of British ships by the colonies for commerce.

Question 32

Liberal thinking on government was derived largely from the writings of the English political scientist, ____________________ ____________________, and the Frenchman, ____________________.

Question 33

Liberals of the 18^th century generally believed that ____________________ was the best cure for society's problems.

Question 34

The American Revolution was won with the help of the French, but also with

A) almost unanimous support in the colonies.
B) financial assistance from Spain.
C) lack of enthusiasm in the British Parliament.
D) the draft of the Articles of Confederation spurring the Patriots on.
E) some help from Spain.

Question 35

Up until 1763, British assistance and interference in American affairs had been

A) decisive.
B) minimal.
C) pervasive.
D) incompetent.
E) extensive.

Question 36

In Europe, American liberal innovations had the most impact in ____________________

Question 37

The support that the British army had from their Parliament for the American war can best be described as

A) enthusiastic.
B) whole-hearted.
C) lacking fervor.
D) fanatical.
E) purely economic.

Question 38

The western boundary of the United States after the Revolutionary war was ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

Question 39

In Europe, the War of the Austrian Succession was known as ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.