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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen wasMarie Antoinette.Olympe de Gouges.Maximilien Robespierre.Simone de Beauvoir.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAfter the publication of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen,the French revolutionary leaders refused to put women's rights on their political agenda.the French revolutionary leaders called for complete equality for women.its author, Olympe de Gouges, became a leading force in the French revolution.it was, in fact, the English who offered complete equality for women.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century helped to spread Enlightenment ideals andencouraged the consolidation of national states.strengthened European control over South America.repudiated socialist and communist philosophies.gave complete freedom and equality to women.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceRevolutionaries of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurywere able to destroy all vestiges of the ancien régime.were mainly influenced by Marxist ideology.argued for the necessity of popular sovereignty.accepted the legitimacy of the divine right of kings.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe author of the Second Treatise of Civil Government wasVoltaire.Rousseau.Locke.Hobbes.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT one of John Locke's main ideas?that although kings did have divine sanction, their subjects maintained personal rightsthat sovereignty was held by the people in a societythat subjects had the right to remove their rulerthat rulers derived their authority from the consent of those they governed
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT one of the basic ideals of the Enlightenment thinkers?popular sovereigntylegal equalitypolitical equalityequality between women and men
- 8. Multiple ChoiceJean-Jacques Rousseau, in his book The Social Contract, argued that in an ideal society, the sovereign voice of governmentwould be the members of society acting collectively.would be the king because, despite his faults, he was still of divine appointment.should be the nobles instead of the king because of their control of the land.should be the bishops and archbishops because of their special relationship to God.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAfter the end of the Seven Years' War,the colonists grew increasingly frustrated with British control and taxes.the British lost complete control of their North American colonies.the French proved to be much better for the colonies after the British left.the colonists grew much closer to the British, in appreciation for British sacrifices in the war.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn the years leading up to the American revolution, the colonies responded to increasing British levies with the slogan"no taxation without representation.""liberty, equality, fraternity.""self-government now.""free and independent states."
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration of Independence's contractual view of political structure, in which the government drew its authority from "the consent of the governed," was influenced most heavily byEdmund Burke.John Locke.John Stuart Mill.William Wilberforce.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT one of the principles built into the government of the newly formed American state?the equality of all inhabitantsemphasis on the rights of individualsa written constitution that guaranteed personal freedomsa responsible government based on popular sovereignty
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe leaders of the French revolutionwere much more conservative than the leaders of the American revolution.accepted the fact that France would always have to have a king.called for a complete reorganizing of French political, social, and cultural structures.created concepts and documents that would later influence the American revolution.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe ancien régime was theold order in France that revolutionary leaders wanted to replace.estate that comprised the clergy in pre-revolutionary France.term for the first democracies in Greece and Rome.traditional, European-born ruling class in South America.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceOn June 17th, 1789, members of the third estate seceded from the Estates General and declared themselves to be theHouse of Commons.Convention.National Assembly.House of Representatives.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn August 1789, the National Assembly expressed the guiding principles of the French revolution by issuingthe Declaration of Independence.the French Constitution of 1789.the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.The Social Contract.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe guiding principles of the French revolution are summed up in the phrase"liberty, equality, fraternity.""peace, bread, land.""let them eat cake.""all men are created equal."
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe leaders of the Convention hoped to hold off invading counterrevolutionary forces bycalling for the levée en masse.forming a military alliance with the new American republic.restoring the power and position of the French monarchy and thus placating the other nations.handing over their most radical leaders for public trial.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe most radical period of the French revolution was reached during the leadership ofLouis XVI.Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Maximilien Robespierre.Napoleon Bonaparte.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceMaximilien Robespierre was known as"the Incorruptible."the "Son of Heaven."the "French Jefferson."the "Lion of Paris."
- 21. Multiple ChoiceDuring the rule of the Directory,the French revolution came under more pragmatic control.the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written.the French revolution reached its most radical stage.the French monarchy was abolished and Louis XVI was executed.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceNapoleon's Civil Codegave absolute free speech to French newspapers.was a modern restatement of Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis.affirmed the political and legal equality of all adult men.had at its core the radical measures of the Convention.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe turning point in Napoleon's empire was his disastrous 1812 invasion ofEngland.Austria.Russia.Spain.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceNapoleon's final defeat occurred atWaterloo.Leipzig.Elba.Moscow.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe only successful slave revolt in history took place inBrazil.Saint-Domingue.Cuba.Virginia.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe leader who was responsible for the success of the Saint-Domingue uprising wasSimón Bolívar.Boukman.Miguel de Hidalgo.Louverture.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe creoles of Latin America were influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenmentand hoped for the establishment of an egalitarian society like that of Haiti.but only wanted to displace the peninsulares and still retain their privileged positions.but wanted to turn the tables and deny all rights to the peninsulares.but wanted to carry these notions to their logical conclusion and grant equality to women.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceColonial rule in Mexico ended in 1821 when the capital was seized byAugustín de Iturbide.Miguel de Hidalgo.Simón Bolívar.Bernardo O'Higgins.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe goal of Simón Bolívar was toform stable, smaller South American states centered around distinct tribal or linguistic groups.have the colonies of South America remain linked to Spain but attain a measure of self-government.bring the former Spanish colonies of South America into union with the United States.weld the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation like the United States.
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following revolutionary leaders is NOT correctly linked with his country?Miguel de Hidalgo and PeruBernardo O'Higgins and ChileToussaint Louverture and HaitiJosé de San Martín and Argentina
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe leader who helped lead Brazil to independence wasEmperor Pedro I.Simón Bolívar.Bernardo O'Higgins.José de San Martín.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceAmong the leading proponents of conservatism in the eighteenth century wasGiuseppe Mazzini.John Stuart Mill.Edmund Burke.Simón Bolívar.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWilliam Wilberforcewrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.pushed a bill through Parliament that ended the slave trade.was the chief proponent of conservatism in the eighteenth century.focused his efforts on gaining complete equality for women.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat nineteenth-century English thinker promoted individual freedom, universal suffrage, taxation of high personal income, and an extension of the rights of freedom and equality to women?John Stuart MillEdmund BurkeJohn LockeJean Jacques Rousseau
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman wasMary Astell.John Stuart Mill.Mary Wollstonecraft.Olympe de Gouges.
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe organizer of the Seneca Falls conference wasElizabeth Cady Stanton.Thomas Jefferson.William Wilberforce.John Stuart Mill.
- 37. Multiple ChoiceTheodore Herzl was the founder ofthe first Zionist Congress.German nationalism.modern conservatism.the Seneca Falls conference.
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe Congress of Vienna created a diplomatic order based on balance of power under the guidance ofNapoleon.Otto von Bismarck.Edmund Burke.Klemens von Metternich.
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThe German leader Otto von Bismarck believed that the great issues of his day would be determined by"class struggle.""liberty, equality, fraternity.""the resurgence of the ancien régime.""blood and iron."
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThe English philosopher John Locke formulated one of the most influential theories of contractual government by introducing the idea of popular sovereignty.TrueFalse
- 41. Multiple ChoiceMany thinkers of the Enlightenment affirmed the legal and social privileges enjoyed by the aristocrats of the seventeenth and eighteenth century.TrueFalse
- 42. Multiple ChoiceVictory in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) ensured that Britain world dominate global trade and that British colonies would prosper.TrueFalse
- 43. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration of Independence drew deep inspiration from Enlightenment political thought in justifying the colonies' quest for independence.TrueFalse
- 44. Multiple ChoiceIn the Constitution of the United States, American leaders based the federal government on popular sovereignty, and they agreed to follow this written constitution that guaranteed individual liberties.TrueFalse
- 45. Multiple ChoiceFrench revolutionaries also drew inspiration from the Enlightenment; however, it was a less radical affair than the American revolution.TrueFalse
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