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- 1. Multiple Choice
The two main political clubs that dominated the National Convention were...
The Jacobins
Girondins
Republicans
Royalists
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which form of government has no king?
Constitutional monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Republic
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which political club in the National Convention was most influential in passing the decree to execute King Louis XVI?
Girondins
Jacobins
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who is shown beheaded in this painting?
King Louis XVI
Queen Marie Antoinette
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
- 5. Multiple Choice
Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...
Committee of Public Safety
National Assembly
Jacobin Club
Dechristianization
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Committee of Public Safety adopted policies known as the ___________, which led to the deaths of 40,000 French people.
Reign of Terror
League of Nations
Constitutional Convention
National Convention
- 7. Multiple Choice
What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?
Guillotine
Hanging
Electric chair
Firing squad
- 8. Multiple Choice
What label did Robespierre use for the new social order he aimed to create through the Reign of Terror?
The Republic of Virtue
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
The Committee of Public Safety
The Temple of Reason
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of these describes the goals of the de-Christianization policy?
Eliminate religion in France as superstition
Encourage more religious devotion
Anyone hoarding grain would be killed
Win the wars against Austria & Prussia
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of these were examples of the policy of de-Christianization in France? [mark 3]
Notre Dame was converted to a "temple of reason"
The Catholic calendar was replaced
The new Republican Calendar eliminated Christian holidays like Christmas & Easter
The punishment for "monopolizing" was death
Many citizens joined political clubs like the Mountain
- 11. Multiple Choice
With the "Decree Against Profiteers," the Committee of Public Safety tried to force merchants to sell their goods by using the threat of _____.
death
fines
higher taxes
patriotism
- 12. Multiple Choice
The "Law of Suspects" established revolutionary courts to try anyone suspected of ...
treason against the revolution.
monopolizing essential merchandise.
being executed by guillotine.
being a foreign spy.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What country is highlighted on this map?
England
France
Germany
Canada
- 14. Multiple Choice
T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.
TRUE
FALSE
- 15. Multiple Choice
T/F: King Louis XVI was executed on Christmas Day in 1793.
TRUE
FALSE
- 16. Multiple Choice
In September 1791, what actions did the National Convention take?
Abolished the monarchy
Established a republic
Executed the king
Began a Reign of Terror
- 17. Multiple Choice
What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?
King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.
King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.
King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.
King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.
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