Midterm Exam CH 1 & 2

Question 1

Before the Enclosure Movement, farming was done on small strips of land in the ___________ system.

Accepted Answer

Open Field

Question 2

By 1850, __________ generated over 10% of Britain's national income.

Accepted Answer

exports

Question 3

Which group was given power to deal with France's internal and external threats?

Accepted Answer

The Committee of Public Safety

Question 4

Who suggested to call the Estates General to order in 1789?

Accepted Answer

Necker

Question 5

Who summoned the Assembly of Notables?

Accepted Answer

Calonne

Question 6

This allowed people to be arrested on the basis of accusation rather than evidence during the Reign of Terror.

Accepted Answer

The Law of Suspects

Question 7

In an absolute monarchy, the monarch...

Accepted Answer

has complete control

Question 8

The new form of government in France that replaced the National Convention was known as...

Accepted Answer

the Directory

Question 9

The Declaration of Pillnitz required members of the clergy to swear an alligance to France before God.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

I am part of the first estate. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

A clergy member

Question 11

Which French political group was considered the most extreme?

Accepted Answer

The Jacobins

Question 12

When was the Great Fear?

Accepted Answer

Summer 1789

Question 13

Intermediaries or "middlemen" in France were referred to as...

Accepted Answer

Tax Farmers

Question 14

Counter-Revolutionaries are people who advocate or engage in a revolution that opposes a previous/current government.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Danton agreed with Robespierre's extreme measures before he was exectued by the Committee of Public Safety.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT part of the ancien régime feudal order?

Accepted Answer

The Proletariat

Question 17

What the Third Estate named themselves prior to the Tennis Court Oath?

Accepted Answer

The third estate declared themselves the National Assembly

Question 18

During the Industrial Revolution, a social class of workers who do manual labor or work for wages were known as the...

Accepted Answer

proletariat

Question 19

Taxes on imports/exports is known as the national income.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The ancien régime refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are correct

Question 21

A new system of government set up for towns with the ____ let local property owners elect local officials (& est. taxes)

Accepted Answer

Municipal Corporations Act

Question 22

Which group in the National Convention favored a republic but feared and disliked the political domination of Paris?

Accepted Answer

Girondins

Question 23

During the I.R., a new social group, mostly entrepreneurs with money coming from manufacturing, were known as the new...

Accepted Answer

middle class

Question 24

The directors, and their supporters, came from the ___, which had gained land, status, and political power from the rev.

Accepted Answer

middle class

Question 25

Which of the following members of the 3rd estate rose up to lead the entire 3rd estate during the start of the rev.?

Accepted Answer

Bourgeoisie

Question 26

Who overthrew the Directory?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon, Napoleon, Napoleon, I SWEAR IF YOU GET THIS ANSWER WRONG, I WILL QUIT MY JOB! D:<

Question 27

Which financial minister tried to reduce spending, end the taille, and abolish internal customs duties/posts?

Accepted Answer

Calonne

Question 28

In which event did Napoleon overthrow the Directory?

Accepted Answer

The Coup of 18 Brumaire

Question 29

______________ is known as the de facto start of the revolution for France.

Accepted Answer

The Storming of the Bastille - July 14, 1789

Question 30

Who urged farmers to rotate turnips, barley, clover, and wheat crops?

Accepted Answer

Charles Townshend

Question 31

Which of the following facts about the third estate is true?

Accepted Answer

They were the largest of social classes in France

Question 32

Robespierre, was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety and ultimately executed for his extreme measures.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

What group of nobles fled France and usually tried to convince leaders from other countries to stop the revolutionaries?

Accepted Answer

Émigré

Question 34

The Concordat of 1801...

Accepted Answer

helped mend the rift between the Roman Catholic Church and France

Question 35

Are you goin' AICE this midterm?

Accepted Answer

Heck yeah!, Heck no!

Question 36

Which law banned any form of trade union or strikes from existing in France.

Accepted Answer

Le Chapelier Law

Question 37

Who owned a large factory in Derbyshire, known as Cromford Mill, which led to the development of the factory system.

Accepted Answer

Richard Arkwright

Question 38

Before which event were the cahiers de doléances written and presented to the king and his ministers?

Accepted Answer

The Estates General

Question 39

Who led the British troops during the Battle of Trafalgar?

Accepted Answer

Horatio Nelson

Question 40

I am part of the second estate. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

A nobleman/noblewoman

Question 41

During the 13 Vendémiaire, Napoleon used _____ to disperse 25,000 royalists.

Accepted Answer

"whiff of grapeshot"

Question 42

New technology would lead to the ______ of the cottage industry.

Accepted Answer

death

Question 43

Who developed a factory complex in New Lanark in Scotland and took care to create safe working conditions for workers?

Accepted Answer

Robert Owen

Question 44

The ___________ established a Central Board of Health after investigators looked into disease outbreaks, like cholera.

Accepted Answer

Public Health Act of 1848

Question 45

Which English social reformer improved sanitary conditions and public health in England?

Accepted Answer

Edwin Chadwick

Question 46

The regional governors that replaced old high-ranking officials during Napoleon's rule were known as...

Accepted Answer

Prefects

Question 47

The Third Estate was responsible for paying ___________, which they resented greatly.

Accepted Answer

feudal dues

Question 48

In a constitutional monarchy, the monarch...

Accepted Answer

has to share power with another elected body

Question 49

In which event did the Directors ignore the election results and and remove the more moderate (pro-royalist) directors?

Accepted Answer

The Coup of Fructidor

Question 50

The "Age of Reason," or the Enlightenment, stressed knowledge, freedom, and challenged the power of the church/state.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

Which of the following groups benefited the most from the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

entrepreneurs

Question 52

Which 3rd estate members were made up of primarily wage-earners and small shopkeepers who wanted to bring about change?

Accepted Answer

Sans-Culottes

Question 53

Who invented this? (see image)

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney

Question 54

______________ is the application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities.

Accepted Answer

Mechanization

Question 55

"Hands off" or choosing to not interfere with business is known as "Le Chapelier."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 56

How did enclosure affect British farmers?

Accepted Answer

Many farmers lost farms and moved to cities

Question 57

_______ were/was responsible for importing goods to Britain and developing markets for British goods overseas.

Accepted Answer

Factors

Question 58

In England, the Factory Act of 1833...

Accepted Answer

prohibited child workers under 9 years of age

Question 59

The ancien régime, or "the old feudal order," refers to how France was governed before 1789.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

Who invented the Rocket?

Accepted Answer

George Stephenson

Midterm Exam CH 1 & 2

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Midterm Exam CH 1 & 2

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