AP Euro Chapter 10/11
The Consulate was best described as:
A front under which Napoleon ruled as a military dictator
Napoleon helped make the French Revolution an international movement in the areas he conquered by:
Abolishing feudalism and manorialism
All of the following legal advances occurred under Napoleon's rule EXCEPT:
All individual liberties were assured
During the Hundred Days, Napoleon was finally defeated at the:
Battle of Waterloo
During the women's bread riots of 1789, the women felt that the surest way to make sure Louis XVI respected the National Assembly was to:
Bring him to Paris where they could watch him more closely
The actions of the Jacobins during the French Revolution indicates that revolutions sometimes
Bring radicals to power
Which statement reflects the fundament difference between Burke's and Paine's views of the French Revolution?
Burke values tradition and the importance of honoring prior acts of Parliament as opposed to Paine's dismissal
The National Assembly in the French Revolution paid off the national debt primarily by:
Confiscating Church property
Burke is considered one of the founders of which of the following modern political ideologies?
Conservatism
The nineteenth century philosophy best embodied by the Concert of Europe would be:
Conservatism
The National Assembly installed what type of government in France?
Constitutional Monarchy
Napoleon was engaged in all of the following military action EXCEPT:
Defeating English armies invading through Portugal
One lasting foreign achievement of Napoleon was the:
Demise of the Holy Roman Empire
All of the following were interests of the powers of the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT:
Encourage Nationalism
Which of the following best describes Napoleon's goal as reflected in the excerpt of the Napoleonic Code above?
Enlightened Despot
When Napoleon invaded Russia, his troops:
Faced a retreat by the Russian troops to beyond Moscow
Prussia and Austria initially supported the French Revolution because they thought:
France would cease to be a major power in Europe
All of the following contributed to the debt of the French Monarchy before the revolution EXCEPT:
French Colonial Wars with China
The Congress of Vienna, as a reaction to the French Revolution, best represents what kind of trade off?
Gaining peace and stability in exchange for political liberty
"The Declaration of the Rights of Man" was a:
Guarantee of due process and the sovereignty of the people
What statement best reflects the basis of Burke's skepticism of the French Revolution
He fears its violence, and that it may merely reflect a temporary mood of a "mob"
Maximilian Robespierre was:
Heading the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror
Which statement best describes the Estates General up to the time of. the French Revolution?
It was called only twice before and served no useful purpose
The royalist rebellion during the Directory was ended when:
It was violently put down by Napoleon
The main purpose of the Concert of Europe was to:
Maintain the status quo
Spain turned against France during the Napoleonic Era when:
Napoleon replaced the King with his brother
What was one effect of the French Revolution?
Nationalistic feelings were stimulated
One dark side of the nineteenth century nationalism was that:
Nationalists often believed in the superiority of their country
The majority of people executed during the reign of terror were:
Peasants
England's primary goal in the Congress of Vienna was to:
Place stronger states around France
During the radical phase of the revolution, which of the following changes instituted by Robespierre was least beneficial to the defense of France?
Pursuing a policy of de-Christianization
All of the following led to the death of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette EXCEPT:
Reign of Terror
The Napoleonic Code represented a progressive reform because it:
Replaced the inequitable medieval legal system
The Quadruple Alliance contained all of the following powers EXCEPT:
Spain
The purpose of Napoleon's Continental System was to:
Starve Britain by denying them commerce
The first armed encounter of the French Revolution was the:
Storming of Bastille
After Napoleon's abdication, France was ruled by:
The Bourbon Dynasty
How did Napoleon's policy towards Catholicism differ from that of the French Revolution?
The French Revolution passed acts which hurt the church, while Napoleon made peace with the Pope.
Napoleon's religious beliefs align with which of the following?
The Hohenzollern Dynasty in Prussia
Which of the following changes brought on by the French Revolution was most approved of by the peasants of France?
The abolition of Feudal dues and rents
Which of the following is a central demand of the Third Estate in the excerpt above?
The creation of a Constitutional Monarchy with fairer representation
Which of the following MOST DIRECTLY led to the issuing of the above oath?
The meeting of the Estates General
The French people were willing to tolerate Napoleon's coup d'etat in 1799 because:
They desired stability and order
How did Romantics view the growth of industry and technology?
They saw industry as a great, ugly blot of humankind and existence
Which of the following best describes Napoleon's goal as reflected in the excerpt of the Napoleonic Code above?
To benefit the common good of man
What was the chief aim of France in deciding to enter the French-American Alliance in 1778?
To weaken Great Britain
Like many other Romantic Poets, Wordsworth:
Wants to bring back Christian ideas
Sans-Culottes were:
Working class radicals in the French Revolution
It can be inferred that Wordsworth:
is against industrialization
The "Great Fear" experienced during the French Revolution was the fear of the
nobility that the peasants would revolt