AP Euro History: Practice Test
On Map 19.2
Great Britain, Portugal, the Kingdom of Sielly, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia.
Which of the following correctly identifies Napoleon Bonaparte's background?
He won brilliant victories in Italy in 1796 and 1797.
The string of French military victories after the winter of 1793-94 owed largely to...
patriotism and the superior numbers supplies by the draft.
Why did the Antifederalists oppose the new American constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention?
They feared for the individual freedoms for which they had fought.
What occurred during the Hundred Days in France?
Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly.
In the summer of 1789, the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by
King Louis XVI's attempted flight from France.
Who forced the king and the royal family to abandon Versailles and return to Paris?
Several thousand Parisian women
How did the Concordat resolve the crisis over Catholicism in France in the Napoleonic era?
The Catholic Church gained the right to practice religion freely, while the French state gained greater control over the nomination of church officers and church activities.
How did the Reign of Terror affect the Catholic Church?
It de-christianized many by aiming to eliminate Catholic symbols and beliefs.
Why was the Declaration of Independence so important to the American Revolution?
It emphasized the unyielding response of the British government to American protests?
What caused the life and death political struggle between the Girondists and the Mountain?
The Girondists' more moderate policies towards the king.
Why did members of the National Convention turn against Robespierre?
They believed that Robespierre might soon have them arrested and executed.
How did Napoleon gain support for his rule?
He appealed both to disillusioned revolutionaries and offered them high posts in the expanding centralized state.
How did America's Constitutional Convention of 1787 deal with the discord between pro- and anti-slavery delegates?
It compromised by stipulating thay an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and proportional representation in the House of representatives.
After the arrest and deportation of Toussaint L'Ouverture, how was the war of Haitian Independence resolved?
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, L'Ouverture's lieutenant, led the resistance to a crushing victory over the French and later declared Haitian independence.
The attack on the Bastille had what political effect?
The king's plans to reassert his authority were forestalled, permitting the National Assembly to continue its work.
The legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary third estate included...
everyone who was not a noble of member of the clergy.
The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that...
broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property.
According to Olympe de Gouges,
men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law.
What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety?
To use dictatorial powers to respond to threats to France from without and within.
Why did Great Britain seek to raise taxes on its American colonies in the 1760s?
After doubling it's national dept in the Seven Years' War, Great Britain sought to tac the American colonies to fund the further defense of the colonies.
