Question 1

The most significant contribution of the Women’s March to the French Revolution was that

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A) women gained the right to bear arms and to serve in Revolutionary armies. 
B) the King moved to Paris where he was constantly under pressure from popular violence. 
C) economic controls were enacted that lowered food prices and curbed inflation. 
D) the last remnants of serfdom were permanently abolished.

Question 2

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which brought the church under the control of the French state, was introduced by

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A) the Pope. 
B) the National Constituent Assembly. 
C) Louis XVI. 
D) the lower ranks of the French clergy.

Question 3

The country that contributed the most to the movement to abolish slavery was

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A) Great Britain. 
B) Brazil. 
C) France. 
D) the Netherlands.

Question 4

The Great Fear can best be characterized as

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A) urban disturbances that resulted in hundreds of executions. 
B) an aristocratic reaction to the disturbances in Paris. 
C) peasant disturbances that destroyed châteaux and feudal records. 
D) the reactionary policy of the church regarding deism.

Question 5

Mexican independence was driven by:

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A) fear of a conservative Spanish regime. 
B) a Napoleonic invasion. 
C) a slave uprising. 
D) fear of a liberal Spanish regime.

Question 6

The war against Austria in 1792

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A) united the French aristocracy against the forces of revolution. 
B) resulted in English involvement in French domestic politics. 
C) radicalized the revolution and led to a second revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established a republic. 
D) disrupted the revolution and allowed the emigres to return to France.

Question 7

In Goya’s painting, The Third of May, 1808, what is the significance of the Spanish man standing with his arms raised in the air?

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A) He portrays Spain's resistance to French occupation. 
B) He represents Spain's desire for peace with France. 
C) He illustrates the Spanish people's inability to put up a successful defense of their country. 
D) He represents the supposed innocence of the Spanish people under harsh French rule.

Question 8

What were the reasons for the American resistance to the British during the 1760s and 1770s? To what extent were the colonists influenced by European ideas and political developments? To what extent did the colonists' actions,in turn,influence Europe?

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Question 9

The Treaty of Chaumont on March 9, 1814, provided for

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A) the payment of heavy reparations. 
B) the execution of Napoleon. 
C) the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. 
D) restrictions on France's future military potential.

Question 10

Based on the settlement drawn up in 1815, the primary goal of the Congress of Vienna appears to have been

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A) the creation of a stable balance of power system in Europe. 
B) the containment of French and German aggression. 
C) the strengthening and unification of formerly decentralized states. 
D) a united defense against Muslim aggression.

Question 11

The revolutionary calendar was established in order to

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A) give farmers a longer growing season 
B) symbolize a radical break from the past. 
C) allow shopkeepers to postpone paying their taxes. 
D) reflect the death of the king.

Question 12

All of the following were policies enacted by the radical phase of the French Revolution except

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A) levée en masse. 
B) enactment of the Napoleonic Code. 
C) the creation of a new calendar. 
D) the Reign of Terror.

Question 13

The revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries can be seen as examples of Europeans trying to apply the philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment to actual institutions of European government,society,and economy.How faithful were these applications to the original ideals? What problems did they encounter in trying to apply these ideals to a real world that was less than ideal?

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Question 14

The Mountain was a group of

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A) radical Jacobins. 
B) aristocratic supporters. 
C) renegade soldiers. 
D) radical women.

Question 15

The “September Massacre” refers to

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A) the deaths of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. 
B) the unceremonious end to the Legislative Assembly,which had been ineffective. 
C) the execution of political prisoners and criminals as counter revolutionaries. 
D) riots throughout the countryside in September,1792,which resulted in the deaths of over 1200 aristocrats.

Question 16

Revolutions broke out across Latin America in the early 19th century for all of the following reasons except

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A) the influence of Enlightenment ideas. 
B) the conquest of Spain and Portugal by Napoleon. 
C) the military support of France and the United States. 
D) financial pressure on European governments to pay for war.

Question 17

What exactly was the Constitution of the Year VII and how did it secure power for Napoleon? How well did this constitution work? Why and how did Napoleon change it later? What was the ultimate source of Napoleon's power?

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Question 18

Simón Bolívar

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A) believed that monarchies were a necessary part of Latin America's political structure. 
B) declared himself emperor of New Spain. 
C) was inclined toward a policy of political liberalism. 
D) agreed with San Martín regarding the political structure of Latin America.

Question 19

On the eve of the French Revolution, the French monarchy's greatest problem was

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A) a losing war with Spain. 
B) the inability to handle finances on a sound basis. 
C) a conflict (more political than religious)with the pope. 
D) the inbreeding within the Bourbon dynasty.

Question 20

The Sugar Act of 1764 was designed to accomplish all of the following goals except to

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A) curb the activities of smugglers by issuing harsher penalties. 
B) increase the efficiency of tax collection methods in the colonies. 
C) encourage the creation of sugar plantations in North America. 
D) offset the increasing costs of colonial administration.

Exam 22: Revolutions in the Transatlantic World