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Chapter Review

Chapter Review

This activity contains 38 questions.

	Robespierre replaced worship of "Reason" with the "Cult of the Supreme Being."    True  False

	Which of the following is NOT true of The Committee of Public Safety?   They saw their task as saving the revolution from mortal enemies. They were elected directly by the people. They enjoyed almost dictatorial power. They carried out executive duties of the government.

	France was the only European monarchy to suffer financial problems during this period.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The parlements were dominated by the .

	The Assembly deicded to finance its debt by confiscating and then selling the land and property of émigrés.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. On June 17, 1789, the Third Estate became the National .

	Jacobins   cooperated with the sans-culottes. favored an unregulated economy. All of these answers. hated the aristocracy.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. On July 15, 1789, the militia of Paris, by then called the National , offered its command to the Marquis de Lafayette.

	"The Declaration of the Rights of Man" is often considered the document that put an end to the old regime in France.    True  False

	Poland was divided between   France and Prussia. France and Russia. Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Prussia, England, and Germany.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The executions of former terrorists during the French Revolution marked the beginning of "the terror."

	Out of France's population of approximately 25 million people, only around 50,000 qualified as electors or members of the Legislative Assembly.    True  False

	Robespierre supported what type of government?   republic dictatorship communist government constitutional monarchy

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. were bonds issued against revenue to be generated by selling off land and property confiscated from the Roman Catholic Church.

	The Convention adopted a new calendar with names associated with the seasons and climate.    True  False

	Necker's Report   revealed that a large portion of royal expenditures went to pensions for aristocrats and other court favorites satisfied the aristocracy. recommended raising taxes on the Church. solved France's financial problems.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The clergy were the estate.

	The Girondists were a faction of the sans-culottes within the Legislative Assembly.    True  False

	August 4, 1789 is known for   The application of equal law to all French citizens. The execution of Louis XVI. The fall of the Bastille. The Tennis Court oath.

	Women petitioned the Legislative Assembly for the right to fight in a formal capacity in defense of the revolution.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Government-sponsored mob action in Birmingham, England, drove the chemist and political thinker Joseph into exile.

	By April 1793, France was at war with   Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia, Holland, Sweden, and Russia only. Austria only. Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, Spain, Sardinia, and Holland only. Prussia, Great Britain, and Spain only.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Late in July, under radical working-class pressure, the government of Paris passed from the elected council to a committee, or , of representatives from the sections of the city.

	Over 16,000 aristocrats, known as émigrés, left France and settled in countries near the French border hoping to form a counterrevolution.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Members of the Convention and the Committees believed they were creating a "republic of ."

	The French Revolution had each of the following effects EXCEPT   a serious blow to the Catholic church. a new vocabulary of political rights and representation had been articulated. people of lower birth holding wide influence in political and military affairs. the effects of the Revolution were contained within France.

	The Thermidorian Reaction did NOT include the   institution of a constitutional regime. executions of leaders of the Terror. establishment of the Directory. passage of effective reform legislation.

	The Thermidorian Reaction was supported mainly by the middle class, at the expense of the sans-culottes.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The body called to write a demoractic constitution was known as the .

	Robespierre's execution coincides with the end of the Reign of Terror.    True  False

	Discuss the financial crisis in France on the eve of the French Revolution. Why was the problem so grave in a country that had considerable wealth? How could the crisis have been resolved, short of revolution?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	The textbook terms passage of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy "the major blunder of the National Constituent Assembly." Certainly that was not its only mistake. What would you say was its most significant miscalculation? Explain your choice.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Who were the sans-culottes and how did they become a factor in the politics of the period? How influential were they during various periods of the revolution?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What was the second revolution of 1792 and why did it occur? What groups were dissatisfied with the constitution of 1791?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	What caused the Reign of Terror in France? Are events such as this normal in revolutionary movements?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Write down what you already knew, or think you knew, about the French Revolution before reading this chapter. How many individuals who played important parts in the revolution can you identify?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	A motto of the French Revolution was "equality, liberty, fraternity." How did the revolution both support and violate this motto?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Among the many radical actions of this period, which do you think was the most radical, and why?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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