The Reign of Terror — Unit test Answers

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Look at the chart.

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smaller than the number of free Whites and people of color combined.
B
larger than the number of free Whites and people of color combined.
C
larger than the number of free Whites but smaller than the number of free people of color.
D
smaller than the number of free whites but larger than the number of free people of color.
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When Napoleon seized the Spanish throne and replaced it with a French king, criollos in Latin America

A
believed Napoleon would make things better.
B
believed the people should take control.
C
supported the new French king.
D
supported reinstating the Spanish king.
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Who sparked the independence movement in Mexico?

A
peninsulares and mestizos
B
criollos and peninsulares
C
criollos and Indigenous people
D
mestizos and Indigenous people
4

The Napoleonic Wars in Europe prompted which group to declare independence in Spanish Latin America?

A
peninsulares
B
mestizos
C
criollos
D
enslaved Africans
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What was the economy of Saint Domingue dependent upon? Select four options.sugar plantationsenslaved Africansan African uprisingstrenuous manual labora majority of free Whitesruthless plantation owners

A
sugar plantations
B
enslaved Africans
C
an African uprising
D
strenuous manual labor
E
a majority of free Whites
F
ruthless plantation owners
6

African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint Domingue, which led to

A
a massive and successful uprising.
B
a good education for Toussaint L’Ouverture.
C
the release of General Toussaint L’Ouverture by the French.
D
strong and relentless control by plantation owners.
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Brazil’s road to independence was different from that of its Latin American neighbors in that

A
the battles with Portugal were much bloodier.
B
Brazil sought independence from France and Portugal.
C
criollos signed a petition and asked the king’s son, Don Pedro, to rule.
D
criollos killed the Portuguese king and appointed Don Pedro in his place.
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CubaHaitithe Dominican Republicthe Bahamas

A
Cuba
B
Haiti
C
the Dominican Republic
D
the Bahamas
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Augustin de Iturbide was able to declare independence from Spain while also proclaiming himself emperor in part because

A
he came from a family of peninsulares.
B
he had started the independence movement.
C
that was the type of government the Spanish colonists were used to.
D
he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.
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In Spanish Latin America, people who were of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry were called

A
criollos.
B
mulattoes.
C
mestizos.
D
peninsulares.

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