Unit 2 Test ( all quizzes )

What is the most likely reason Bismarck was named chancellor when King Wilhelm I became kaiser of Germany?

Wilhelm wanted to reward Bismarck, who was largely responsible for German unification.

At the end of the Reign of Terror, France established a new constitution in 1795 and was ruled by the Directory. Which of these best describes the Directory?

a committee of five leaders

Which is an example of a cultural bond found in a nation-state?

a holiday tradition

African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to

a massive and successful uprising

If Haiti had more political instability, it is most likely it would also have?

a stringer economy

Which statement best illustrates the theories of Prince Klemens von Metternich?

absolute power should be returned to the monarch

What part did the Directory play in Napoleon's rise to power?

appointing him head of France's army

Read the excerpt from a speech given by Otto von Bismarck in 1862. " Germany is not looking to Prussia's liberalism, but to its power. It is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the time are decided that was the big mistake of 1848 and 1849 but by iron and blood" What does this excerpt reinforce about Bismarck's political views?

Bismarck believed in using force

Which country was the first to defeat Napoleon?

England

The country of _______ was made weaker by the Congress of Vienna's work.

France

What were two results of the Congress of Vienna?

France saw its royal family restored, and Poland became part of Russia

Saint Domingue, a French colony in the Caribbean sea where 100,000 slaves rebelled, became a country called?

Haiti

What did French military successes in 1796 reveal about Napoleon? Check all that apply.

He was gaining control, he was gaining fame, and he was gaining experience.

one of the goals of the congress of vienna was to restore Europe to the way it was..?

before the french revolution and Napoleonic wars

When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America

believed the people should take control.

Which scenario is most like the reason why revolutions started in nineteenth- century Europe?

business owners feel that taxes are to high

Giuseppe Garibaldi helped the nationalist cause by?

capturing most of southern Italy for the king of Sardinia.

Otta von Bismarck was appointed ______ of Germany by King Wilhelm I in 1871.

chancellor

According to nationalists, a nation-state's government should be?

chosen by that nation-state

Napoleonic wars were a series of battles between France and ________ of European nations.

coalitions

Political instability in the emerging Latin American countries due in part to?

conflicting views on government

Napoleon believed that the only way to protect France was to?

conquer more territory

Brazil's road to independence was different from that of its Latin American neighbors in that

criollos signed a petition and asked the king's son, Don Pedro, to rule.

The congress of Vienna gave Austria more territory in?

Italy

According to the map, what was Italy's status in 1871?

Italy was fully united

Which features were among the six common beliefs of a nation state? Check all that apply.

Language, culture, history, and territory.

Newly independent nations in Latin America relied on goods and services from the US and Europe because?

Latin American economies were still based on agriculture

Who had a successful revolution in the early nineteenth-century?

The French

Read the passage. "The Africans transplanted to Saint Domingue remain in general indolent and idle, quarrelsome and talkative, and liars, and are addicted to stealing. Always given to the most absurd superstitions, there is nothing which does not frighten them more or less." The passage shows that the author was most likely someone who was?

in support of slavery

What was the US focused on in Haiti starting in 1915? Check all that apply.

investment in infrastructure, and military occupation

Read this proclamation from Napoleon, issued after a military victory in Italy. How does this proclamation relate to the ideals of the enlightenment?

it promotes freedom and equality, including the protection of private property

Which statements about the Prussian revolution are true? Check all that apply.

it was successful, results lasted less than a year, and liberals were behind it

Who sparked the independence movement in Mexico?

mestizos and American Indians

Liberals tended to belong to the?

middle class

Napoleon began his rise to power as a?

military leader

Which statement is the best example of a liberal ideological belief?

most people should have the right to vote

Which statement best summarize the early nineteenth-century revolutions that moved through Europe?

most revolutions were unsuccessful

Many newly independent Latin American countries went to war with each other. Which factors led to disputes? Check all that apply.

natural resources, land, and forms of government

Simon Bolivar was known as the liberator because he liberated?

northern South America from Spanish rule

Why did Napoleon believe it important to reform the tax code in France?

one of the chief causes of the revolution had been the unfair tax system of the Bourbon Monarchs

Napoleon showed his support for religious freedom in France by?

passing laws that guaranteed religious tolerance in France

What advantages did political instability bring to Argentina as opposed to less stable nations in Latin America? Check all that apply.

population growth, increased exports, and new infrastructure

Which work best describes the way in which is artist portrays Napoleon?

powerful

In the painting Napoleon is declaring himself emperor. Which characteristics of Napoleon are revealed in this painting? Check all that apply.

pride and arrogance

Napoleon upheld enlightenment and revolutionary ideals in education by?

providing public education for middle and lower-class students

How was Germany similar to Italy in the 1800's?

revolutionaries in Germany and Italy were called for unification

Why did Prince Klemens von Metternich most likely mean when he wrote that a " revolutionary spirt could easily hide itself under the veil of patriotism?"

revolutionaries were trying to hide their true intensions

In 1910, after many years of political instability, people in Mexico?

rose up in revolution

The group Young Italy formed because Italians were unhappy about?

rule by foreign nations

Nationalism encouraged people with a shared identity to?

separate themselves from those who were unlike them.

Toussaint L'Ouverture issued a constitution to ensure that?

slavery would be abolished

One lasting effect of the Age of Revolutions was that?

some monarchs were successfully overturned allowing for the growth of democracy

According to the map, Italy in the early 19th century was?

split into kingdoms and city states

While Latin American countries had many different ideas about government, those that wanted a liberal government preferred

strong regional rule

What was the economy of Saint Domingue dependent on? Check all that apply.

sugar plantations, enslaved africans, strenuous manual labor, and ruthless plantation owners

A few days after Napoleon and the consuls overthrew the Directory, the consuls issued the statement below. "People of France: Swear with us to be true to the Republic one and indivisible, founded on equality, liberty, and the representative system." What were the consuls asking the people of france to do?

support the new republic

What was a result of Napoleon's economic reforms in France?

taxes were based on fixed rates and were no longer a surprise

The Congress of Vienna aimed to ensure?

that peace and stability would return to war-torn Europe

Augustin de Iturbide was able to declare independence from Spain while also proclaiming himself emperor in part because

that was the type of government the Spanish colonists were used to.

The major reason Napoleon's invasion of Russia failed was because?

the Russians chose to retreat

Why would the symbol of a scale best represent the Congress of Vienna's accomplishments?

the congress worked to establish a balance of power throughout Europe

Which best describes Napoleon's Empire in 1812?

the empire controlled a large part of Europe

What was the most significant result of the Peninsular War?

Spain organized a coalition and defeated Napoleon

Which best describes the relationship between Haiti's political instability and the natural disasters it has faced?

A weak government is poorly prepared to handle the demands of a crisis such as a natural disaster

Which summarizes Mazzini's argument about independence for Lombardy?

Lombardy should be an independent nation-state because it had a strong nation identity

Luca, is a landowner. Fabian, owns a grocery store. According do the discussion in the scenario which is most likely true?

Luca is a conservative and Fabian is a liberal

In Spanish Latin America, people who were of mixed European and Indian ancestry were called

Mestizos

What was the immediate effect of Napoleon's attacks on Russia and Spain?

Napoleon lost a large part of his military force

Did Von Gentz approve of the congress's actions?

No, because the congress actually just took all the land won in the war and distributed it to the war's victors.

Why did most revolutions end by 1850?

People stopped supporting war and conflict

In the Battle of 1812, France fought?

Russia

By 1812, which area had been added to Napoleon's Empire?

Spain

The best example of cause and effect after the Congress of Vienna is?

Spain became a monarchy, so the French Empire was weakened

The group Young Italy advocated for?

democratic rule

What is the best definition of nationalism?

desire by a group with a shared background to form their own nation

The term "caudillo" refers to a(n)?

dictator

Modern day Mexico still deals with political instability. What recent but related problem does it face?

drug organizations

After multiple defeats, Napoleon's empire ended, and he was forced into _________ on the island of Elba.

exile

The US and Europe intervened in Mexico's politics primarily because of?

fear that Mexico's instability would affect their own interests

Newly independent countries might have been best prepared to establish stable governments if they?

had been granted a degree of self-rule when they were colonies

Why did Otto von Bismarck believe a war with France would help unify Germany?

he believed that a war would give the people of Germany a strong sense of nationalist pride

Which statements accurately describe Jose de San Martin, a powerful criollo leader? Check all that apply.

he led Argentine rebels against the Spanish colonial government, he gave control of the army to Bolivar, he led an army of the Andes mountains to Chile, and he served during the army during the Napoleonic wars

The most important result of Napoleon's rise to power was?

the spread of enlightenment ideals

How did reforms during the 1860s affect Mexico?

they failed to make Mexico more stable

Which describes Haiti's leadership in the 1850s?

under imperial rule

In the one hundred years after Haiti gained independence, its government could most likely be described as?

unstable

Which word best explains how Napoleon is portrayed in this painting?

weakened