Chapter 21

CHAPTER 21 1.
During the era of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian reaction Terminated the reign of terror after the execution of Robespierre
2. In an effort to conduct a successful economic war against Great Britain, Napoleon created the Continental system
3. Abbe Sieyes exerted a major influence on the French Revolution through his pamphlet titled What is the Third Estate?
4. Which of the following did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy lead to? The Church was made a department of the French state
5. Which of the following chronological sequences of the French Revolution is correct? Legislative Assembly, Convention, Directory
6. The Great Fear that swept through the French countryside in 1789 had its origin in the rumor that Brigands were attacking villages and burning crops
7. All of the following are plausible causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT A majority of the French populace desired to abolish the monarchy
8. Which is the correct order of events in the career of Napoleon? Concordat, Napoleonic Code, Peninsula War
9. Napoleons Continental System had as its goal The defeat of Great Britain through economic warfare
10. A vocal element in the French Revolution, the Sans-Culottes were Members of the urban working class
11. Those members of the Estates General who took the Tennis Court Oath swore to Draft a constitution for France
12. The Bastille was a symbol of royal power because It had housed political prisoners
13. The significance of the womens march on Versailles was that It resulted in the king being brought back to Paris
14. The primary problem facing Louis XVI in the late 1780s was The bankruptcy of the monarchy
15. Napoleons Concordat with the Church Left the Church under the supervision of the State
OTHER POSSIBLE QUESTIONS 1. The Thermidorian reaction included all of the following EXCEPT
The end of the Revolution and the restoration of the monarchy
2. The Directory tried to ground itself in the support of the political center, the well-to-do citizens who wanted to conserve the accomplishments of 1789 to 1791.
3. The principles of the Revolution that Napoleon preserved included all of the following EXCEPT commitment to popular sovereignty and representative institutions.
4. The institutional initiatives that Napoleon implemented included all of the following EXCEPT restoration of the rule of law and the abolition of the institutions of police state set up by the Directory. 5. The Napoleonic Code established all of the following EXCEPT the right to organize unions and strike.
6. Napoleon's campaigns against Russia in 1807 to 1808 resulted in an agreement that divided Europe into French and Russian spheres of influence.
7. Napoleon created the Continental System to cut off British trade with Europe because Admiral Nelson's defeat of the French and Spanish navies at Trafalgar made an invasion impossible.
8. The effects of Napoleon's economic war with Britain included all of the following EXCEPT forcing Britain to come to terms in order to stave off an economic collapse.
9. Which best describes the Third Estate prior to the French Revolution? It included the middle class, peasants, and urban workers.
10. The sequence of events that led to the French Revolution of 1789 is best summarized by which of the following? Royal financial crisis, convening of the Estates General, storming of the Bastille
11. King Louis XVI of France made a serious blunder when he restored the parliaments to authority
12. The immediate cause of the outbreak of revolution in 1789 was the government's financial crisis
13. Sieyes's What Is the Third Estate? argued that the clergy and the nobility contributed little to the life of the country.
14. Louis XVI of France convened the Estates General in 1789 for the first time in over 150 years because he wanted approval for taxing all landowners in the realm
15. Although the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 is celebrated as the "start of the French Revolution," the first act of revolution may have been the resolve of the Third Estate to write a constitution. It is of the swearing of the Tennis Court Oath
16. "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights." What document supporting a new order of government has the above line as its first article? The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
17. The most serious mistake made by the National Assembly during the first couple of years of the French Revolution was enacting the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
18. Who were the sans-culottes, and what was their role in the revolution? They were the poor city dwellers who added zeal and brutality to the revolution.
19. The achievements of the Jacobins included all of the following EXCEPT the redistribution of all land among the peasants
20. The general purpose behind the Terror was to eliminate any opposition to the revolution
21. During the era of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian Reaction terminated the Reign of Terror after the execution of Robespierre
22. Which of the following statements accurately describes the Napoleonic Code? It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family
23. The lasting impact of the French Revolution and the reign of Napoleon I includes all of the following EXCEPT established political stability in France
24. Napoleons invasion plans for England collapsed because Lord Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
25. Napoleon I enacted all of the following reforms in the territories that he conquered EXCEPT removed merit as a consideration for promotion

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CHAPTER 21 1.

The end of the Revolution and the restoration of the monarchy

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