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Practice Test
1. The colonial wars of the eighteenth century triggered
[A] colonies wishing to form nation-states.
[B] fiscal crises in Britain and France.
[C] the desire for democratic institutions.
[D] the Industrial Revolution.
[E] religious uprisings.
2. The Enlightenment was the intellectual movement in which
[A] the methods and questions of the Scientific Revolution were applied to human society.
[B] the ideas of the absolutist rulers were applied to society.
[C] the ideas of the Renaissance were applied to society.
[D] the methods and ideology of the Protestant Reformation were applied to society.
[E] the methods and questions of the Confucian examination system were applied to society.
3. Which of the following is not one of the ideas that John Locke argued?
[A] The will of the people was sacred.
[B] Governments were created to protect life, liberty, and property.
[C] All people should be equal.
[D] People had the right to rebellion.
[E] Individual rights were the foundation of government.
4. One of Rousseau’s most radical ideas was that government
[A] was responsible for controlling business.
[B] could not impose unwanted taxes.
[C] authority rested on the consent of the governed.
[D] should be abolished.
[E] had to respond to calls for reform.
5. Monarchs such as Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia
[A] supported many Enlightenment thinkers.
[B] persecuted Enlightenment thinkers.b
[C] protected religious institutions from new ideas.
[D] abdicated their thrones in favor of elected officials.
[E] censored all books and pamphlets.
6. In 1793, the French hired Nicholas-Jacques Conte to
[A] redesign their sewer system.
[B] tutor the French King Louis XVI.
[C] develop graphite for use in pencils.
[D] act as a secret agent in Russia.
[E] design the first hot air balloon.
7. Women were instrumental to the dissemination of new political ideas by
[A] raising the argument for women’s rights.
[B] bringing together thinkers in their homes, or salons.
[C] contributing as writers and commentators.
[D] purchasing and discussing books of the era.
[E] all of these
8. The Enlightenment’s intellectual ferment most deeply influenced the
[A] nobility.
[B] clergy.
[C] poor.
[D] middle class.
[E] upper class.
9. Benjamin Franklin was an example to European intellectuals that America was
[A] breeding experimenters rather than intellectuals.
[B] unsuitable for further colonization.
[C] the home of second-rate intellectuals.
[D] provincial and backward.
[E] a particularly healthy environment for genius.
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10. What two related problems did the British face after defeating the French in 1763?
[A] limiting settlement in Amerindian lands and imposing taxes
[B] slave revolts and declining prices of cotton
[C] limiting immigration and overseas entanglements
[D] Amerindian rights and environmental pollution.
[E] women’s suffrage and a heavily armed populace
11. The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 were intended to
[A] keep the colonists from complaining about taxes.
[B] acquire more territory for the Crown.
[C] address problems of colonial representation.
[D] keep colonists from taking Amerindian land by slowing settlement.
[E] annex Canada to the United States.
12. The Stamp Act of 1765 required that colonists pay a tax on
[A] stamps only.
[B] public entertainment.
[C] all lumber products.
[D] fish and game.
[E] nearly all printed material.
13. Which 1770 event radicalized public opinion throughout the American colonies?
[A] the “Boston Massacre”
[B] the Stamp Act
[C] the “Molly Pitcher Incident”
[D] the public hanging of Thomas Paine
[E] the Quebec Act
14. Before 1775, which of the following was not one of the tactics with which the European colonial settlers responded to British policies?
[A] organizing boycotts of British goods
[B] declaring war on Britain
[C] organizing committees
[D] covering British officials in hot tar and feathers
[E] destroying British property like British tea
15. Common Sense, the pamphlet that stirred up anti-British sentiment on the eve of the American Revolution, was written by
[A] John Locke.
[B] Patrick Henry.
[C] Voltaire.
[D] Thomas Paine.
[E] John Jay.
16. The British had significant allies during the revolution including the
[A] Poles, led by Kosciuszko.
[B] Germans, led by Von Stuben.
[C] Dutch, led by Van Pelt.
[D] Mohawks, led by Joseph Brant.
[E] French, led by Lafayette.
17. The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 was crucial because it
[A] drove the British back to the coastal areas.
[B] was a crossroads between the southern and northern states.
[C] was a great military victory for the colonists.
[D] drove the Hessians out of the war.
[E] brought the French into the war.
18. At Yorktown, the British General Cornwallis
[A] committed suicide.
[B] surrendered to General Washington.
[C] was ambushed by Mohawk troops.
[D] declared his support for American independence.
[E] signed the Declaration of Independence.
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19. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is called “the Second American Revolution” because
[A] it came just after the peace with England.
[B] of the fighting at the convention.
[C] it created only a temporary form of government.
[D] pitched battles broke out between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
[E] the delegates in secret wrote a new Constitution.
20. In the Constitution, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person
[A] to give southern states more representatives.
[B] so that slaves could have at least some representation.
[C] because they were not considered “whole” people.
[D] so that their votes would not count the same as those of whites.
[E] none of these
21. The Constituion allowed the slave trade to continue until
[A] 1792.
[B] 1808.
[C] 1841.
[D] 1860.
[E] 1890.
22. Under which state Constitution were women and African-Americans eligible to vote until 1807?
[A] New York [B] Massachusetts
[C] Rhode Island
[D] Delaware
[E] New Jersey
23. Which of the following statements is true of the French Revolution?
[A] It inspired the American Revolution.
[B] It was a bloodless revolution.
[C] It did not undermine the power of the Catholic Church.
[D] It did not undermine traditional monarchy.
[E] It did not create an enduring form of representative democracy.
24. As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was
[A] beheaded. [B] elected.
[C] enriched.
[D] restored.
25. An example of the growing poverty in France was
[A] that 40,000 children were abandoned per year.
[C] the streets erupted in violent protest and rage.
[E] all of these
[E] deported.
[B] that begging and crime were widespread.
[D] the streets were swamped with prostitutes..
26. Which of the following was not one of the contributors to the financial crisis that triggered the French Revolution?
[A] failure to collect taxes from the nobility
[B] failure to collect tithes from the clergy
[C] costs of the American Revolution
[D] costs of the War of Austrian Succession
[E] costs of the Seven Years War
27. In 1787, the Assembly of Notables
[A] declared war on Russia to raise money.
[C] acted as a rubber stamp for new reforms and taxes.
[E] were the first socialist government in French history.
[B] unquestioningly accepted the competence of the king.
[D] sought to protect their own interests.
28. In 1787, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General, the French national legislature, because
[A] the French elite would not consent to new taxes.
[B] only it could control the violent peasantry.
[C] he needed its consent to impose martial law.
[D] he wanted to demonstrate the power of the throne.
[E] he wanted their support for the manumission of slaves.
29. Which French Estate declared itself to be the National Assembly?
[A] First Estate
[B] Second Estate
[C] Third Estate
[D] Fourth Estate
[E] Fifth Estate
30. What was Louis XVI’s reaction to the formation of the National Assembly?
[A] He committed suicide.
[B] He sent a representative with an offer of compromise.
[C] He started to amass military forces.
[D] He took no action.
[E] He abdicated the throne.
31. As economic depression, hunger and high bread prices combined in 1789, a Parisian crowd
[A] protested the building of Fountainbleu.
[B] took the king and queen hostage.
[C] burned the Palace at Versailles.
[D] attacked the Bastille.
[E] petitioned to have Joan of Arc made a saint.
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32. When the Parisian crowd marched to Versailles, it
[A] petitioned the Crown for assistance.
[C] beheaded Marie Antoinette.
[E] took the entire National Assembly captive.
[B] demanded the return of the royal family back to Paris.
[D] demanded a change from civil to common law.
33. Which of the following was not accomplished by the new French constitution?
[A] It abolished the nobility as a hereditary class.
[B] It dramatically limited the power of the monarchy.
[C] It made priests elected officials on state payrolls.
[D] It instituted economic reforms.
[E] It put peasants in control of the government.
34. In September of 1792, rumors of counterrevolutionary plots caused mobs to
[A] destroy all of the city’s prisons.
[B] demand that Louis VIX be reinstated to the throne.
[C] imprison all high government officials.
[D] attack Paris prisons, killing half of the prisoners.
[E] release all those who were imprisoned by the king.
35. The Jacobin members of the National Convention were
[A] anarchists. [B] middle class democrats.
[C] advocates of military dictatorship.
[D] loyal to the monarchy.
36. During the continuing political crisis, Maximilien Robespierre forged an alliance with
[A] the Catholic clergy. [B] the Parisian working class.
[C] Socialist leaders.
[D] American leaders.
[E] socialists.
[E] the outlawed nobility.
37. Napoleon became Europe’s first popular dictator because he
[A] held the promise of a new French empire.
[B] was needed since France was occupied by foreign armies.
[C] threatened to overpower the French people.
[D] promised order to an exhausted society.
[E] was strikingly tall and handsome.
38. Napoleon won the support of the peasantry and the middle class by
[A] door to door campaigning.
[B] giving tax rebates.
[C] humiliating the British navy.
[D] all owing any peasant to become a member of the bourgeoisie.
[E] rewriting French law asserting equality in law and protection of property.
39. Despite the dominance of the French military, the British defeated Napoleon’s navy in 1805 at
[A] Trafalgar.
[B] Borodino.
[C] Jutland.
[D] Waterloo.
[E] Lepanto.
40. Napoleon’s invasion of __________ led to his decline.
[A] Russia
[B] Finland
[C] Scotland
[D] Greece
[E] Afghanistan
41. After his escape from Elba, Napoleon was defeated at
[A] the Battle of Britain. [B] the Battle of Waterloo. [C] the Battle of the Bulge.
[D] the Battle of Stalingrad. [E] the Battle of Scappa Flow.
42. Saint Domingue was most important to France because
[A] it was the French military outpost in the Americas.
[C] it was strategically located between St. Lucia and Martinique.
[E] of the large numbers of Frenchmen on the island.
[B] it was the last part of France’s overseas empire.
[D] it generated one-third of all French foreign trade.
43. Aside from the brutal conditions on Saint Domingue, the island erupted in revolt because
[A] of the mystical visions of their leader.
[B] of the turmoil in revolutionary France.
[C] the planter elites started their own government.
[D] of the intervention of the English navy.
[E] all trade and exports were cut off.
44. Who was François Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverature?
[A] the son of Robespierre and the Empress Josephine
[B] the French General who crushed the slave revolt in Saint Domingue.
[C] the Caribbean delegate to the French Revolutionary council [D] the leader of a slave revolt in Saint Domingue
[E] the great impressionist painter of the French Revolution
45. The central objective of the Congress of Vienna was
[A] to try Napoleon for war crimes.
[C] to restore the French monarchy and France’s 1792 borders.
[E] to divide France into four separate states.
[B] to combat revolution in Haiti.
[D] to reunify the Protestant and Catholic Churches.
46. In 1830, Greece won its independence from the
[A] Ottoman Empire. [B] British Empire.
[C] Russian Empire.
[D] Byzantine Empire.
[E] French Empire.
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