Revolutions of the 1700 and 1800s

Question 1

Which document officially declared a people's right to form their own government first?

Accepted Answer

the Declaration of Independence

Question 2

What theory did Karl Marx invent?

Accepted Answer

communism

Question 3

Why did education spread during the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

reading material became aimed at the masses

Question 4

What type of people were referred to as the sans-culottes?

Accepted Answer

lower and middle class rebels

Question 5

Why did Mary Wollstonecraft argue that women should have the same rights as men?

Accepted Answer

because they had reason like men

Question 6

Adam Smith's laissez-faire philosophy believed what about the economy?

Accepted Answer

the government should not interfere with the economy

Question 7

Why did industrialization create the conditions for the development of socialism?

Accepted Answer

bad working conditions made people want to equalize wealth

Question 8

Who led the movement to free the northern portion of South America?

Accepted Answer

Simon Bolivar

Question 9

Why did Latin America remain economically dependent on Europe?

Accepted Answer

they produced mostly cash crops

Question 10

Who led the Haitian Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Toussian L'overture

Question 11

What did rivers in Britain provide for the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

transportation and power

Question 12

Newton's law of gravitation became the foundation for which science?

Accepted Answer

physics

Question 13

How did the Seven Year's War affect the future United States?

Accepted Answer

Britain won control over the 13 colonies and Canada

Question 14

Promotion in Napoleon's bureaucracy was based on....

Accepted Answer

merit and ability

Question 15

Why did Robespierre pursue a policy of de-Christianization?

Accepted Answer

he believed it to be based on superstition instead of reason

Question 16

Why did France help the Americans fight against the British?

Accepted Answer

they wanted revenge against the British

Question 17

Which day did the National Convention remove from the calendar?

Accepted Answer

Sundays

Question 18

The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute who?

Accepted Answer

traitors

Question 19

Why did the church attack Galileo?

Accepted Answer

he proved the accuracy of the heliocentric model

Question 20

Why did the 19th century become more secular?

Accepted Answer

people looked to science for answers rather than religion

Question 21

Who headed the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

Robespierre

Question 22

Which priest encouraged mestizo peasants in Mexico to rebel against their Spanish landowners?

Accepted Answer

Miguel Hidalgo

Question 23

What did Napoleon's Civil Code grant?

Accepted Answer

equality to men

Question 24

Which idea of Montesquieu was incorporated into the US constitution?

Accepted Answer

separation of powers

Question 25

Which invention led to the efficient mass production of goods?

Accepted Answer

the assembly line

Question 26

Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

slavery

Question 27

What did a Stamp Act place taxes on?

Accepted Answer

all printed materials

Question 28

Who did the Congress of Vienna benefit?

Accepted Answer

conservatives and monarchs

Question 29

Which philosopher argued that the general will should determine what's best for society?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau

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