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"2...first, those who by their conduct, their connections, their remarks or their writings show themselves the partisans of tyranny or federalism and the enemies of liberty;... -The Law on Suspects, 1794 During which part of the French Revolution does the "Law on Suspects" originate?
*the "Reign of Terror"
Jacque Louis-David, Oath of the Tennis Court, 1790 Following the Oath of the Tennis Court, what institutional form did the French government take?
A constitutional monarchy
On the night of June 20, 1791, Louis and his immediate family, disguised as servants, left Paris... -Donald Kagan, The Western Heritage Assuming the passage describes a "turning point" in the French Revolution, what statement best describes the next stage?
A radical phase was about to begin, one that would seek to overturn all existing institutions and remake France completely.
Anonymous, 18th C "To Versailles, to Versailles" What motivated women to march to Versailles in October, 1789?
Bread remained scarce and prices high during the summer and fall of 1789
(Carlsbad Decrees, 1819) The Carlsbad Decrees limited the activities of all of the following groups EXCEPT _________
Catholic priests and Protestant ministers
A government of the nature of that set up at our very door has never been hitherto seen or ever imagined in Europe... -Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace, 1796 Burke's ideas in this work and his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) sparked a political school of thought most often known as ________________________
Conservatism
This map suggests that Napoleon's military successes contributed to what other Napoleonic accomplishment?
Crushing the British economy through his "Continental System."
(Jacques Necker, Finance Minister and Louis XVI of France on the wall, a list of royal loans in headed What institutional circumstance in 18th C France produced the circumstance portrayed in the cartoon?
Exemptions of both clergy and nobles from taxation
"2...first, those who by their conduct, their connections, their remarks or their writings show themselves the partisans of tyranny or federalism and the enemies of liberty;... -The Law on Suspects, 1794 What factor contributed to the decision to enact the "Law on Suspects"?
France was at war and feared both internal and external enemies
Napoleon's "Continental System" was based chiefly on _____
French domination of most of the European continent
Jacque Louis-David, Oath of the Tennis Court, 1790 Additional paintings done by the same artist between 1790 and 1805 would most likely represent __________
Further celebrations of successes and martyrs during the Revolution
Which two uprisings were fueled by nationalism and resulted in independence from another European power?
Greece and Belgium
Jacque Louis-David, Oath of the Tennis Court, 1790 What impression was the artist trying to create in this portrayal of an early event in the French Revolution?
Heroic and nationalistic action was being fulfilled
-Olympe de Gouge, Declaration of the Rights of Women, September 1791 What development outside of revolutionary France paralleled de Gouge's assertion of women's equality?
In England, Mary Wollstonecraft made a similar assertion of women's rights
(J.S. Mill, On Liberty, 1859) What 19th C ideology is reflected in this selection by John Stuart Mill?
Liberalism
(Jacques Necker, Finance Minister and Louis XVI of France on the wall, a list of royal loans in headed What was the chief consequence of the situation portrayed in the cartoon?
Louis XVI was forced to convene a meeting of the Estates General
On the night of June 20, 1791, Louis and his immediate family, disguised as servants, left Paris... -Donald Kagan, The Western Heritage What was the most plausible explanation for Louis' actions on June 20th, 1791?
Louis hoped to rally foreign support against the revolution in his wife's native Austria and elsewhere
(Karl Konrad, The insurrection of the Decembrists at Senate Square, St. Petersburg on 14th December, 1825) What specific group in Russian society led the uprising depicted in Karl Konrad's painting?
Military officers who wanted to see the ideas of the Enlightenment implemented in Russia.
-Olympe de Gouge, Declaration of the Rights of Women, September 1791 6. The law should be the expression of the general will. All citizenesses and citizens should take part, in person or by their representatives in its formation. it must be the same for everyone... In #6, de Gouge is referencing which earlier work of the Enlightenment?
Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws
This map indicates that Napoleon's greatness as a leader rested in part on _________
Napoleon's strategic and tactical genius.
(Francisco Goya, The Third of May) Goya's painting drew upon his refletions of the experiences of Napoleon's ___________
Peninsular War in Spain
(Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830) What does Delacroix's painting suggest about the participation in the 1830 revolution by different social classes?
People from a variety of social classes joined in the 1830 revolution
(Joseph William Turner - Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844 This painting best illustrates which of the following nineteenth century artistic movements?
Romanticism
Which of the uprisings on the map above was suppressed by its own domestic conservative government?
Russia
The major powers at the Congress of Vienna included __________
Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain
The caption reads: "Tiddy Doll, the Great French GIngerbread Maker, Drawing Out a New Batch of Kinds. His Man, Hopping Talley, Mixing Up the Dough" In which country did the Napoleonic policy this cartoon critiques encounter the greatest difficulty?
Spain
-Olympe de Gouge, Declaration of the Rights of Women, September 1791 What events provided context for this assertion of women's rights in France?
The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen gave radicals like de Gouge an opening to state their position.
(Joseph William Turner - Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway, 1844 What 19th C tension does Turner highlight in this image?
The new technology of the Industrial Revolution and its interaction with the natural world
(Casper David Friedrich, The Polar Sea and William Wordsworth, "Ode to Intimations of Immortality", 1803) What common element of Romanticism do these two artistic pieces reflect?
The power and attraction of nature
(Casper David Friedrich, The Polar Sea) What idea associated with the Romantic movement of the 19th C did Caspar Friedrich demonstrate in The Polar Sea?
The power of nature is much greater than the influence of mankind
A government of the nature of that set up at our very door has never been hitherto seen or ever imagined in Europe... -Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace, 1796 By "Jacobinism" Burke is referring to which of the following?
The republican supporters of the Reign of Terror in France.
(Carlsbad Decrees, 1819) Why did the Carlsbad Decrees implement these particular restrictions and limitation?
University groups were viewed as promoters of liberalism and nationalism
Anonymous, 18th C "To Versailles, to Versailles" This event, the Women's March to Versailles in October 1789 illustrates that _____________-
Versailles was seen as a symbol of the oppression and isolation of the king from the people.
On the night of June 20, 1791, Louis and his immediate family, disguised as servants, left Paris... -Donald Kagan, The Western Heritage Following the events described in the passage, what development greatly complicated the issues involved in Revolution?
War broke out between France and Austria
"2...first, those who by their conduct, their connections, their remarks or their writings show themselves the partisans of tyranny or federalism and the enemies of liberty;... -The Law on Suspects, 1794 The Law on Suspects and related measures could be considered a "turning point" in the French Revolution primarily because they produced _________
a conservative "counter-revolution"
(Immanuel Joseph Sieyes, What Is the Third Estate?, 1789) The Storming of the Bastille (1789), the Women's March to Versailles (1789) and the September Massacres (1792) all reflect the seniments expressed in the passage because each event was __________
a violent reaction to real or perceived inequities in French society
(Decrees of August 4, 1789) What was one specific legislative action that was taken shortly after the August Decrees to implement the stated goals?
adoption of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(Jacques Necker, Finance Minister and Louis XVI of France on the wall, a list of royal loans in headed "New ways to revive France" - but the total is "Deficit." In what context was this 1780s cartoon created?
as a means of increasing revenue without taxation
(Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres' Napoleon on his Imperial Throne (1806)) In claiming the title "First Consul" in 1799 and then "Emperor of the French" in 1804 as he appears in the image, Napoleon sought primarily to ________________
claim a legacy with ancient Rome
As a political outlook, nationalism was and is based on the relatively modern concept that a nation is composed of people who are joined together by __________
common language, culture, and perceived history
(Carlsbad Decrees, 1819) Which 19th C ideology triumphed with the issuance of the Carlsbad Decrees in 1819?
conservatism
(Immanuel Joseph Sieyes, What Is the Third Estate?, 1789) What development in 1789 France precipitated the publication of this work?
debating over the voting procedure to be used in the Estates-General
A major factor in Napoleon's loss of empire was his ________
defeat in Russia
(Decrees of August 4, 1789) What sequence of events preceded the Decrees of August 4, 1789?
financial crisis, meeting of the Estates-General, storming of the Bastille
Romantics were drawn to the art, literature and architecture of __________________
medieval Europe
Anonymous, 18th C "To Versailles, to Versailles" The Women's March to Versailles was significant in the course of the French Revolution because it _______
placed the King and royal family within the reach of Parisian mobs
(Decrees of August 4, 1789) What was meant in the passage by "the feudal regime"?
the organization of French society into three distinct classes with special rights and privileges for the first two classes
(Decrees of August 4, 1789) Which of the Decrees attached what might be called the precipitating factor of the Revolution?
the unequal assessment of taxes
On the night of June 20, 1791, Louis and his immediate family, disguised as servants, left Paris... -Donald Kagan, The Western Heritage The passage foreshadows what subsequent event during the French Revolution?
trial and execution of King Louis XVI
19th C liberals derived their political ideas from the _____________
writers of the Enlightenment
