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Unit 5 - French Revolution and Napoleon
Unit 5 - French Revolution and Napoleon
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They were ordinary revolutionaries who wore long trousers & were more radical during the rev.
The Consulate
The Directory
The Sans-culottes
The Committee of Public Safety
2
Napoleon's Civil Code viewed women with regard to what idea
The Family Monarchy
as co-owners of property with their husbands.
equal in divorce proceedings.
legal equals to men
3
Which of the following is
NOT
considered an accomplishment of Napoleon?
The execution of Louis XVI
The Louisiana Purchase
The Lycée System of Education
The Napoleonic Code
4
The storming of this began the French Revolution
Bastille
guillotine
Island of Elba
Versailles
5
They were the middle class citizens of the third estate.
Peasants
Nobility
Clergy
Bourgeoisie
6
The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was
a promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis teams.
a promise not to rest until all members of the church dead.
an oath of loyalty to Jean Valjean.
a vow to meet until they created a new constitution.
7
Inspired by liberty and equality, it gained its independence from Napoleon and France
Haiti
Indonesia
India
Cuba
8
The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by
retreating, burning their own villages, and winter
making an alliance with Egypt.
splitting their forces and attacking from two sides.
waiting to attack during the humid summer.
9
The First estate did all of the following,
EXCEPT
Hold high positions in the church
Not pay taxes.
Side with the peasants.
Own 10-15% of the land.
10
She demanded equal political rights for women
Marie Antoinette
Josephine Bonapoarte
Olympe de Gouges
Marie Louise Bonaparte
11
In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Conv.
ordered the building of new libraries and universities.
pursued a policy of de-christianization.
bought newspaper space to promote their view.
declared new national holidays.
12
The "Concert of Europe" is best described as
The alliance formed against Napoleon's 100 day return
Cooperation of major powers to maintain order after the Congress of Vienna
The end to the bloodshed during the Reign of Terror
The social structure of France before the Revolution
13
The most important of the domestic policies established by Napoleon was
the Religious Code.
the Merchant Code.
the Food Code.
the Civil Code.
14
Finance minister who encouraged Louis XVI to tax nobles, peasants liked him, nobles didn't!
Georges Danton
Maximilian Robespierre
Jacques Necker
Jean Paul Marat
15
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was
given to those Napoleon favored.
designed to benefit the nobility.
based on merit/ability only; not rank or birth.
based on height.
16
Which of the following was the bloodiest period of the French Revolution?
Bourgeoisie phase.
Thermodorian phase.
White terror
Reign of Terror
17
The purpose of this was to reform French legal code to reflect beliefs of French Rev.
Constitution
Continental System
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Napoleonic Code
18
The Second Estate did all of the following
EXCEPT
not pay taxes.
side with the peasants.
hold high positions in government and military.
own from 25 to 30 percent of land.
19
Which of France's estates was
NOT EXEMPT
from the
taille
(
taxes)?
Second Estate (nobility)
Third Estate (commoners)
Fourth Estate (middle class)
First Estate - Clergy
20
The Directory was eventually overthrown by
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
the Jacobins
21
This is the sudden overthrow of a government.
coup d' etat
estate
nationalism
consulate
22
A British conservative, he criticized the excesses and bloodshed of the Revolution
Duke of Wellington
Thomas Hobbes
Edmund Burke
John Locke
23
How was the old order destroyed w/ the new constitution written by the National Assembly?
Created a limited monarchy.
There was no change in France.
Protestantism made official religion of France.
Women received the right to vote.
24
What were the two main reasons that Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed?
Napoleon's greed and laziness within his bureaucracy.
the resentment of the clergy and the plotting of accountants
the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism.
France's weak economy
25
All of the following are examples of de-Christianization
EXCEPT
using the guillotine to exterminate ALL opposition.
changing Notre Dame to the Temple of Reason.
banning the practice of religion publicly.
changing the names of the months to reflect seasons.
26
The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to
drain all the canals.
restore order to Brussels.
protect the Paris Commune from thieves.
defend France from domestic and foreign threats.
27
He was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety.
Maximilien Robespierre.
Jean Valjean
Jean-Paul Marat
Victor Hugo
28
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
proclaimed all of these
EXCEPT
freedom of the press.
an end to tax exemptions.
equal rights for women.
freedom of speech.
29
The Committee of Public Safety was originally set up to
eliminate the King.
defend France against foreign armies.
oppose the sans-culottes.
guard Marie Antoinette.
30
The 3 major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire were
1st Estate, 2nd Estate, and the 3rd Estate
Austria, Prussia, and Serbia
France, Morocco, and Algeria
the French Empire, the satellite kingdoms, & allied states
31
Napoleon's coup d' état overthrew the _________ to establish his consulate.
Committee of Public Safety
The Directory
British government
city mayor
32
The reason Parisian women marched on Versailles palace was
to support American independence against the British
to loot the palace for Marie Antoinette's wig collection.
to demand bread/food for their starving families.
to demand that women's rights be added to the Constitution.
33
This was enacted by Napoleon to weaken the British economy
Declaraction of the Rights of Man and Citizens
Directory
Continental System
Nationalism
34
Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because
the army turned against him and threatened to kill him.
thousands of armed women attacked the palace & captured him.
his attempt to escape to Poland failed.
it was the only way he would be allowed to stay in power.
35
This was used by the revolutionaries to execute their opponents.
guillotine
Bastille
bourgeoisie
Directory
