MEHAP SEMESTER II FINAL

How are medieval economic practices criticized in the passage?

Common guild practices are made illegal.

Burke is considered one of the founders of what modern political ideologies?

Conservatism

According to Abd al-Rahman al Jarbartis, what was the Egyptian response to Napoleon's invasion?

Egyptian Muslims found the French Revolutionary ideas about equality and women's dress offensive.

what is the correct sequencing of the French Estate System?

First estate: high and low clergy Second Estate: Nobility Third Estate: Everyone else

How was the night of August 4, 1789 an important result?

It was the night many French nobles and clerics renounced their privileges

When was the Storming of the Bastille?

July of 1789

When was the Tennis Court Oath?

June of 1789

The treatment of dissenters during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror is MOST similar to the treatment of dissenters during which of the following events?

The Great Purge in Josef Stalin's Soviet Union

Which Revolution experienced a similar event as the Women's March on Versailles, leading to a successful overthrow of the Monarchy?

The Russian Revolution

Which of the following aspects of 18th century France is most reflected in the cahiers?

The feudal social structure of France

Which of the following actions of revolutionary France contradicts the intent of the Chapelier law?

The imposition of the maxim on bread during the Reign of Terror

WHich feature established by The Constitution of 1791, created during the first phase of the Revolution, BEST fulfilled the ideas in the Declaration?

The mostly symbolic role given to the monarchy

Jean-Paul Marat was murdered during which historic event?

reign of terror

Which statement best reflects the fundamental difference between Burke's and Paine's views of the Revolution in France?

Burke values tradition and the importance of honoring prior acts of Parliament as opposed to Paine's dismissal of decisions made by past generations

Which statement best reflects the basis of Burke's skepticism about the French Revolution?

He fears it's violence and that it may merely reflect a temporary mood of a "mob"

How was Marat remembered by the radicals who led the "Reign of Terror"?

Marat was revered as a "secular" saint during the period when the "Cult of Reason" and the "Cult of the Supreme Being" required the de-Christianization of France

Which of the following documents served the same essential purpose as the cahiers served for the French Revolution?

Martin Luther's 95 Theses for the Reformation

When was the Meeting of the Estates-General?

May of 1789

What directly led to the Tennis Court Oath?

Meeting of the Estates-General

When was the Women's March on Versailles?

October of 1789

When was the beheading of Marie Antionette?

October of 1793

What was the purpose behind Napoleon's invasion and occupation of Egypt?

Ostensibly, he was to block English trade as it came through Egypt from colonies and posts in Asia, though some think the Directory sent Napoleon to Egypt to get rid of him.

The Committee of Public Safety, the de facto government of France during the Reign of Terror, disregarded which of the following revolutionary statutes?

The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen

Who was Jacques Necker?

The French financier and statesman. Served King Louis XVI as director general of finances. His efforts to reform French institutions prior to 1789 and to compromise with the Estates General after the start of the Revolution failed.

What can we conclude about the National Assembly

The National Assembly wished to create a French nation where citizens were treated equally and were free from government abuses

What was a central demand of the Third Estate in the Tennis Court Oath?

The creation of a Constitutional Monarchy with fairer representation for commoners.

Which event most directly led to the Women's March on Versailles?

The rapid inflation in France caused by a drought and the economic troubles of the country

Olympe de Gouges's tone in The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen can best be described as one of...

impatience with women who have not be more demanding of the Revolution and frustration with the hypocrisy of its male leaders