• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/50

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

50 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
1. Which factor did not contribute to France’s pre-revolution debt?
(A) The Seven Years’ War
(B) The cost of maintaining the army and navy
(C) Upkeep at Versailles
(D) High tariffs on imported goods
1. Which factor did not contribute to France’s pre-revolution debt?
(A) The Seven Years’ War
(B) The cost of maintaining the army and navy
(C) Upkeep at Versailles
(D) High tariffs on imported goods

D
2. Which was not a part of the government at any point during the French Revolution?
(A) The National Convention
(B) The Council of Ancients
(C) The Council of Three Hundred
(D) The Directory
2. Which was not a part of the government at any point during the French Revolution?
(A) The National Convention
(B) The Council of Ancients
(C) The Council of Three Hundred
(D) The Directory

C
3. What was the name of the French currency that was backed by the value of land acquired from the church?
(A) The argent
(B) The assignat
(C) The franc
(D) The real
3. What was the name of the French currency that was backed by the value of land acquired from the church?
(A) The argent
(B) The assignat
(C) The franc
(D) The real

B
4. What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create?
(A) Limited monarchy
(B) Absolute monarchy
(C) Republic
(D) Communist
4. What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create?
(A) Limited monarchy
(B) Absolute monarchy
(C) Republic
(D) Communist

A
5. Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz?
(A) Baron Manfred von Pillnitz
(B) Great Britain and Norway
(C) Austria and Prussia
(D) Russia and Spain
5. Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz?
(A) Baron Manfred von Pillnitz
(B) Great Britain and Norway
(C) Austria and Prussia
(D) Russia and Spain

C
6. Who created the Committee of Public Safety?
(A) Louis XVI
(B) Maximilien Robespierre
(C) The Directory
(D) The National Convention
6. Who created the Committee of Public Safety?
(A) Louis XVI
(B) Maximilien Robespierre
(C) The Directory
(D) The National Convention

D
7. Which of the following men sat on the original Directory?
(A) Louis XVI
(B) Napoleon
(C) Lazare Carnot
(D) Georges Danton
7. Which of the following men sat on the original Directory?
(A) Louis XVI
(B) Napoleon
(C) Lazare Carnot
(D) Georges Danton

C
8. Which of the following men sat on the final Directory?
(A) Napoleon
(B) Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
(C) Honoré de Balzac
(D) Jacques-Pierre Brissot
8. Which of the following men sat on the final Directory?
(A) Napoleon
(B) Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
(C) Honoré de Balzac
(D) Jacques-Pierre Brissot

b
9. Who shot down Charles de Calonne’s debt-relief-by-taxation proposal?
(A) The Assembly of Notables
(B) Louis XVI
(C) The National Assembly
(D) The Estates-General
9. Who shot down Charles de Calonne’s debt-relief-by-taxation proposal?
(A) The Assembly of Notables
(B) Louis XVI
(C) The National Assembly
(D) The Estates-General

a
10. Before 1789, when was the Estates-General last assembled?
(A) 1492
(B) 1614
(C) 1756
(D) 1066
10. Before 1789, when was the Estates-General last assembled?
(A) 1492
(B) 1614
(C) 1756
(D) 1066

b
11. According to Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès’s pamphlet, what is the Third Estate?
(A) Versailles
(B) The Nation
(C) The royalty
(D) A rip-off
11. According to Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès’s pamphlet, what is the Third Estate?
(A) Versailles
(B) The Nation
(C) The royalty
(D) A rip-off

b
12. What did the Tennis Court Oath establish?
(A) That no one would be Louis XVI’s doubles partner
(B) That the Third Estate would accept the tax burden in return for freedom from feudal contracts
(C) That the National Assembly wouldn’t dissolve until they had created a constitution
(D) That France would no longer support the Catholic Church
12. What did the Tennis Court Oath establish?
(A) That no one would be Louis XVI’s doubles partner
(B) That the Third Estate would accept the tax burden in return for freedom from feudal contracts
(C) That the National Assembly wouldn’t dissolve until they had created a constitution
(D) That France would no longer support the Catholic Church

c
13. Who helped form the French National Guard?
(A) Maximilien Robespierre
(B) Lazare Carnot
(C) Napoleon
(D) Marquis de Lafayette
13. Who helped form the French National Guard?
(A) Maximilien Robespierre
(B) Lazare Carnot
(C) Napoleon
(D) Marquis de Lafayette

d
14. Which Parisian landmark was raided by revolutionaries in pursuit of arms?
(A) The Bastille
(B) The Louvre
(C) The Musée d’Orsay
(D) Versailles
14. Which Parisian landmark was raided by revolutionaries in pursuit of arms?
(A) The Bastille
(B) The Louvre
(C) The Musée d’Orsay
(D) Versailles

a
15. Which period was known as the Great Fear?
(A) 1786–1789, when it was clear that France’s economic situation was dire
(B) The summer of 1789, when peasants around the French countryside revolted against their feudal landlords
(C) 1793–1794, when Robespierre systematically killed more than 15,000 alleged counter revolutionary activists
(D) 1797–1799, when the corrupt Directory ruled dictatorially
15. Which period was known as the Great Fear?
(A) 1786–1789, when it was clear that France’s economic situation was dire
(B) The summer of 1789, when peasants around the French countryside revolted against their feudal landlords
(C) 1793–1794, when Robespierre systematically killed more than 15,000 alleged counter revolutionary activists
(D) 1797–1799, when the corrupt Directory ruled dictatorially

b
16. What problem did the August Decrees eliminate?
(A) The bread shortage
(B) The oppressive feudal contracts to which peasants were bound
(C) Uncontrolled inflation
(D) Syphilis
16. What problem did the August Decrees eliminate?
(A) The bread shortage
(B) The oppressive feudal contracts to which peasants were bound
(C) Uncontrolled inflation
(D) Syphilis

b
17. What happened on August 26, 1789?
(A) Marie-Antoinette was executed
(B) The Estates-General convened
(C) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued
(D) Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre played tennis
17. What happened on August 26, 1789?
(A) Marie-Antoinette was executed
(B) The Estates-General convened
(C) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued
(D) Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre played tennis

c
18. Which event did not take place during the summer of 1789?
(A) The Tennis Court Oath
(B) The Great Fear
(C) The Reign of Terror
(D) The August Decrees
18. Which event did not take place during the summer of 1789?
(A) The Tennis Court Oath
(B) The Great Fear
(C) The Reign of Terror
(D) The August Decrees

c
19. Which of the following was not an element of monarchial rule in France?
(A) Divine right
(B) Absolute rule
(C) Birthright
(D) Electoral accountability
19. Which of the following was not an element of monarchial rule in France?
(A) Divine right
(B) Absolute rule
(C) Birthright
(D) Electoral accountability

d
20. What did the Second Estate comprise?
(A) The clergy
(B) The bourgeoisie
(C) The peasantry
(D) The nobility
20. What did the Second Estate comprise?
(A) The clergy
(B) The bourgeoisie
(C) The peasantry
(D) The nobility

d
21. When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?
(A) June 20, 1789
(B) July 20, 1789
(C) August 20, 1789
(D) July 20, 1791
21. When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?
(A) June 20, 1789
(B) July 20, 1789
(C) August 20, 1789
(D) July 20, 1791

a
22. What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in October 1789?
(A) Bread shortages in Paris
(B) Universal suffrage for men and women
(C) An influenza outbreak
(D) An exhibition of Marie-Antoinette’s fashions
22. What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in October 1789?
(A) Bread shortages in Paris
(B) Universal suffrage for men and women
(C) An influenza outbreak
(D) An exhibition of Marie-Antoinette’s fashions

a
23. France celebrates July 14 as a holiday because it is the anniversary of
(A) The storming of the Bastille
(B) The Tennis Court Oath
(C) The beginning of the First French Republic
(D) The death of Robespierre
23. France celebrates July 14 as a holiday because it is the anniversary of
(A) The storming of the Bastille
(B) The Tennis Court Oath
(C) The beginning of the First French Republic
(D) The death of Robespierre

a
24. Marie-Antoinette was the wife of which French monarch?
(A) Napoleon
(B) Louis XIV
(C) Louis XV
(D) Louis XVI
24. Marie-Antoinette was the wife of which French monarch?
(A) Napoleon
(B) Louis XIV
(C) Louis XV
(D) Louis XVI

d
25. Which of the following rallying cries best describes the second stage of the French Revolution?
(A) “God and the king!”
(B) “Equality!”
(C) “Liberty!”
(D) “Bread and peace!”
25. Which of the following rallying cries best describes the second stage of the French Revolution?
(A) “God and the king!”
(B) “Equality!”
(C) “Liberty!”
(D) “Bread and peace!”

b
26. Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Estates-General convenes; Civil Constitution of the Clergy is issued; Louis XVI is executed; storming of the Bastille
(B) National Assembly is established; Reign of Terror; Declaration of Pillnitz; Louis XVI attempts to flee France
(C) Tennis Court Oath; storming of the Bastille; First Republic is declared; Reign of Terror
(D) The Directory takes dictatorial powers; Napoleon overthrows the Directory; Robespierre is executed, Declaration of Pillnitz
26. Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Estates-General convenes; Civil Constitution of the Clergy is issued; Louis XVI is executed; storming of the Bastille
(B) National Assembly is established; Reign of Terror; Declaration of Pillnitz; Louis XVI attempts to flee France
(C) Tennis Court Oath; storming of the Bastille; First Republic is declared; Reign of Terror
(D) The Directory takes dictatorial powers; Napoleon overthrows the Directory; Robespierre is executed, Declaration of Pillnitz

c
27. Which of the following did not occur?
(A) Robespierre eliminated all economic controls and allowed prices to rise sharply
(B) Louis XVI attempted to flee France
(C) The Jacobins took control of the National Convention away from the Girondins
(D) For a time, the French government was a limited monarchy
27. Which of the following did not occur?
(A) Robespierre eliminated all economic controls and allowed prices to rise sharply
(B) Louis XVI attempted to flee France
(C) The Jacobins took control of the National Convention away from the Girondins
(D) For a time, the French government was a limited monarchy

a
28. Which party wanted a limited monarchy in France?
(A) Moderates
(B) Monarchists
(C) Jacobins
(D) None of the above
28. Which party wanted a limited monarchy in France?
(A) Moderates
(B) Monarchists
(C) Jacobins
(D) None of the above

a
29. Who issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
(A) The National Convention
(B) Louis XVI
(C) The Committee of Public Safety
(D) The National Assembly
29. Who issued the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
(A) The National Convention
(B) Louis XVI
(C) The Committee of Public Safety
(D) The National Assembly

d
30. Which of the following would not have been grouped under the Third Estate?
(A) Priests
(B) Merchants
(C) The bourgeoisie
(D) Peasants
30. Which of the following would not have been grouped under the Third Estate?
(A) Priests
(B) Merchants
(C) The bourgeoisie
(D) Peasants

a
31. Which of the following is probably not a reason why the French Revolution turned violent?
(A) Severe food shortages
(B) The fact that the peasantry was in control
(C) The heavy tax burden on the poor
(D) The threat of foreign attack
31. Which of the following is probably not a reason why the French Revolution turned violent?
(A) Severe food shortages
(B) The fact that the peasantry was in control
(C) The heavy tax burden on the poor
(D) The threat of foreign attack

b
32. When did the people of Paris storm the Tuileries Palace?
(A) October 5, 1790
(B) June 17, 1789
(C) August 10, 1792
(D) September 22, 1792
32. When did the people of Paris storm the Tuileries Palace?
(A) October 5, 1790
(B) June 17, 1789
(C) August 10, 1792
(D) September 22, 1792

c
33. Which document effectively nationalized the French church?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms
33. Which document effectively nationalized the French church?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms

c
34. Which document created a limited monarchy?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms
34. Which document created a limited monarchy?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms

b
35. Which document declared that all men are free and equal?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms
35. Which document declared that all men are free and equal?
(A) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(B) The Constitution of 1791
(C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
(D) The Concordat of Worms

a
36. Why do some historians consider the passage of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy to be a mistake?
(A) It increased the size of the clergy and reduced the number of available soldiers
(B) It empowered the conservative institution of the church against the Revolution
(C) It turned France into a Protestant state
(D) It created a dilemma for the devout masses of France, forcing them to choose between the Revolution and God
36. Why do some historians consider the passage of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy to be a mistake?
(A) It increased the size of the clergy and reduced the number of available soldiers
(B) It empowered the conservative institution of the church against the Revolution
(C) It turned France into a Protestant state
(D) It created a dilemma for the devout masses of France, forcing them to choose between the Revolution and God

d
37. Which group was most likely in favor of a limited monarchy?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy
37. Which group was most likely in favor of a limited monarchy?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy

c
38. Which group was most likely in favor of the principle of privilege and feudal obligations?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy
38. Which group was most likely in favor of the principle of privilege and feudal obligations?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy

d
39. Which group was most likely in favor of absolute rule by dynasty?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy
39. Which group was most likely in favor of absolute rule by dynasty?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy

b
40. Which group was most likely in favor of the system of one vote per estate in the Estates-General?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy
40. Which group was most likely in favor of the system of one vote per estate in the Estates-General?
(A) The Jacobins
(B) The monarchists
(C) The Girondins
(D) The aristocracy

d
41. Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror; First Republic
(B) Storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror, Parisian Women march on Versailles; First Republic
(C) Storming of the Tuileries; Parisian women march on Versailles; First Republic; Reign of Terror
(D) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; First Republic; Reign of Terror
41. Which of the following lists of events is in correct chronological order (from earliest to latest)?
(A) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror; First Republic
(B) Storming of the Tuileries; Reign of Terror, Parisian Women march on Versailles; First Republic
(C) Storming of the Tuileries; Parisian women march on Versailles; First Republic; Reign of Terror
(D) Parisian women march on Versailles; storming of the Tuileries; First Republic; Reign of Terror

d
42. In which position did Napoleon begin his career?
(A) Government bureaucrat
(B) Army officer
(C) Doctor
(D) Landlord
42. In which position did Napoleon begin his career?
(A) Government bureaucrat
(B) Army officer
(C) Doctor
(D) Landlord

b
43. How were the French aristocracy taxed during the time of Louis XVI?
(A) They were not taxed
(B) They were taxed in proportion to landholdings
(C) They were taxed in proportion to total net worth
(D) They paid primarily sales taxes
43. How were the French aristocracy taxed during the time of Louis XVI?
(A) They were not taxed
(B) They were taxed in proportion to landholdings
(C) They were taxed in proportion to total net worth
(D) They paid primarily sales taxes

a
44. To which country were Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?
(A) Austria
(B) Spain
(C) Britain
(D) Germany
44. To which country were Louis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?
(A) Austria
(B) Spain
(C) Britain
(D) Germany

a
45. Why did the radical group of commoners call themselves sans-culottes?
(A) They refused to wear pants
(B) They were distinguishing themselves from the upper class, with its high fashion
(C) The army had commandeered their culottes
(D) None of the above
45. Why did the radical group of commoners call themselves sans-culottes?
(A) They refused to wear pants
(B) They were distinguishing themselves from the upper class, with its high fashion
(C) The army had commandeered their culottes
(D) None of the above

b
46. When did the National Assembly confiscate church property?
(A) June 1790
(B) May 1789
(C) February 1790
(D) April 1792
46. When did the National Assembly confiscate church property?
(A) June 1790
(B) May 1789
(C) February 1790
(D) April 1792

c
47. Which of the following was not a revolutionary figure?
(A) Maximilien Robespierre
(B) Francis II Habsburg
(C) Marquis de Lafayette
(D) Jacques Pierre Brissot
47. Which of the following was not a revolutionary figure?
(A) Maximilien Robespierre
(B) Francis II Habsburg
(C) Marquis de Lafayette
(D) Jacques Pierre Brissot

b
48. For how many years did Napoleon Bonaparte rule France after overthrowing the Directory?
(A) Fifteen
(B) Twenty
(C) Twenty-five
(D) Thirty
48. For how many years did Napoleon Bonaparte rule France after overthrowing the Directory?
(A) Fifteen
(B) Twenty
(C) Twenty-five
(D) Thirty

a
49. What took place following the 1797 election?
(A) The royal family regained control of France
(B) Napoleon was elected first consul
(C) Pregnant chads stirred up controversy
(D) The government was unhappy with the results and annulled a majority of them
49. What took place following the 1797 election?
(A) The royal family regained control of France
(B) Napoleon was elected first consul
(C) Pregnant chads stirred up controversy
(D) The government was unhappy with the results and annulled a majority of them

d
50. Which early Girondin leader pushed for war following the Declaration of Pillnitz and was later executed when the Jacobins took control?
(A) Marquis de Lafayette
(B) Maximilien Robespierre
(C) Charles de Calonne
(D) Jacques-Pierre Brissot
50. Which early Girondin leader pushed for war following the Declaration of Pillnitz and was later executed when the Jacobins took control?
(A) Marquis de Lafayette
(B) Maximilien Robespierre
(C) Charles de Calonne
(D) Jacques-Pierre Brissot

d