Question 1

In Europe and the Western Hemisphere, the Enlightenment's intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the

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A)  upper class. 
B)  poor. 
C)  nobility. 
D)  clergy. 
E)  middle class. 
A)  upper class. 
B)  poor. 
C)  nobility. 
D)  clergy. 
E)  middle class.

Question 2

Under which state constitution were women and African Americans eligible to vote until these rights were eliminated in 1807?

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A)  New York 
B)  Massachusetts 
C)  Rhode Island 
D)  New Jersey 
E)  Delaware 
A)  New York 
B)  Massachusetts 
C)  Rhode Island 
D)  New Jersey 
E)  Delaware

Question 3

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is called "the Second American Revolution" because the delegates pushed aside their announced purpose and

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A)  it came just after the peace with England. 
B)  in secret wrote a new constitution presided over by George Washington. 
C)  of the fighting at the convention. 
D)  it created only a temporary form of government. 
E)  pitched battles broke out between Federalists and anti-Federalists. 
A)  it came just after the peace with England. 
B)  in secret wrote a new constitution presided over by George Washington. 
C)  of the fighting at the convention. 
D)  it created only a temporary form of government. 
E)  pitched battles broke out between Federalists and anti-Federalists.

Question 4

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included which of the following rights:

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A)  freedom of expression of ideas 
B)  freedom to own property 
C)  equality before the law for all citizens 
D)  representative government 
E)  all of the above 
A)  freedom of expression of ideas 
B)  freedom to own property 
C)  equality before the law for all citizens 
D)  representative government 
E)  all of the above

Question 5

What was the nature of the fiscal crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

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The expenses of a long series of Europea

Question 6

Describe the major wars fought among European imperial powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and identify the major consequences of these wars.

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Students should identify the colonial wa

Question 7

After defeating the French in North America in 1763, what two major problems did the British face with respect to the American colonies?

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First, the possibility of armed conflict

Question 8

The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to

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A)  keep colonists from taking Amerindian land by slowing settlement. 
B)  provoke bitter resentment among colonists 
C)  keep the colonists from complaining about taxes. 
D)  a and b 
E)  all of the above 
A)  keep colonists from taking Amerindian land by slowing settlement. 
B)  provoke bitter resentment among colonists 
C)  keep the colonists from complaining about taxes. 
D)  a and b 
E)  all of the above

Question 9

Examine Map (in the textbook) 23.1 and discuss the difficulties of getting France out of Canada after the French and Indian War. What advantages did the French have against the British?

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Map 23.1 in the textbook shows the terri

Question 10

Identify the following term(s).
-Congress of Vienna

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The Congress of Vienna was a conference

Question 11

Identify the following term(s).
-Joseph Brant

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Joseph Brant, whose Mohawk name was Thay

Question 12

Counter Enlightenment thinkers argued the importance of faith to human happiness and that:

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A)  People where responsible to the leaders, who were empowered by Divine Right. 
B)  the rights of the individual outweighed the rights of the popular consensus. 
C)  change and utopianism were flawed ideals 
D)  religion was unnecessary in the new Age of Science. 
E)  People were inherently flawed and need strong government to maintain stability. 
A)  People where responsible to the leaders, who were empowered by Divine Right. 
B)  the rights of the individual outweighed the rights of the popular consensus. 
C)  change and utopianism were flawed ideals 
D)  religion was unnecessary in the new Age of Science. 
E)  People were inherently flawed and need strong government to maintain stability.

Question 13

Which French Estate, with allies from the other estates, declared itself to be the National Assembly?

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A)  First Estate 
B)  Second Estate 
C)  Third Estate 
D)  Fourth Estate 
E)  Fifth Estate 
A)  First Estate 
B)  Second Estate 
C)  Third Estate 
D)  Fourth Estate 
E)  Fifth Estate

Question 14

Identify the following term(s).
-Jacobins

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Who?
The Jacobins were a political group

Question 15

What were the causes of the revolution in Saint Domingue?

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The foundation for the Haitian Revolutio

Question 16

Identify the following term(s).
-Maximilien Robespierre

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Maximilien Robespierre was a prominent f

Question 17

As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was

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A)  restored. 
B)  elected. 
C)  beheaded. 
D)  deported. 
E)  enriched. 
A)  restored. 
B)  elected. 
C)  beheaded. 
D)  deported. 
E)  enriched.

Question 18

Enlightenment reformers sought to ban numerous folk traditions like harvest festivals or religious holidays because

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A)  the celebrations were viewed as corrupt and decadent. 
B)  they were wild, drunken revelry that was unseemly. 
C)  to maintain control of a passive population. 
D)  they were atheists and wanted people to progress to a modern era. 
E)  they emphasized class differences and might start revolutions. 
A)  the celebrations were viewed as corrupt and decadent. 
B)  they were wild, drunken revelry that was unseemly. 
C)  to maintain control of a passive population. 
D)  they were atheists and wanted people to progress to a modern era. 
E)  they emphasized class differences and might start revolutions.

Question 19

Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth-century wars in Europe?

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A)  War of Spanish Succession 
B)  Thirty Years War 
C)  War of Austrian Succession 
D)  French and Indian War 
E)  Seven Years War 
A)  War of Spanish Succession 
B)  Thirty Years War 
C)  War of Austrian Succession 
D)  French and Indian War 
E)  Seven Years War

Question 20

In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd

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A)  burned the Palace at Versailles. 
B)  attacked the Bastille. 
C)  petitioned to have Joan of Arc made a saint. 
D)  protested the building of Fontainebleau. 
E)  took the king and queen hostage. 
A)  burned the Palace at Versailles. 
B)  attacked the Bastille. 
C)  petitioned to have Joan of Arc made a saint. 
D)  protested the building of Fontainebleau. 
E)  took the king and queen hostage.

Exam 23: Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

In Europe and the Western Hemisphere, the Enlightenment's intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the

Under which state constitution were women and African Americans eligible to vote until these rights were eliminated in 1807?

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is called "the Second American Revolution" because the delegates pushed aside their announced purpose and

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included which of the following rights:

What was the nature of the fiscal crisis that triggered the French Revolution?

Describe the major wars fought among European imperial powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and identify the major consequences of these wars.

After defeating the French in North America in 1763, what two major problems did the British face with respect to the American colonies?

The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to

Examine Map (in the textbook) 23.1 and discuss the difficulties of getting France out of Canada after the French and Indian War. What advantages did the French have against the British?

Identify the following term(s). -Congress of Vienna

Identify the following term(s). -Joseph Brant

Counter Enlightenment thinkers argued the importance of faith to human happiness and that:

Which French Estate, with allies from the other estates, declared itself to be the National Assembly?

Identify the following term(s). -Jacobins

What were the causes of the revolution in Saint Domingue?

Identify the following term(s). -Maximilien Robespierre

As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was

Enlightenment reformers sought to ban numerous folk traditions like harvest festivals or religious holidays because

Which of the following was not one of the major eighteenth-century wars in Europe?

In response to economic depression, hunger, and high bread prices in 1789, a Parisian crowd

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