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The Reign of Terror — Unit test Answers

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What did Prince Klemens von Metternich most likely mean when he wrote that a “revolutionary spirit could . . . easily hide itself under the veil of patriotism”?

A
Patriots wanted to give protection to revolutionaries.
B
Revolutionaries wanted to be viewed as patriots.
C
Patriots were plotting to overthrow their government.
D
Revolutionaries were trying to hide their true intentions.
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A small group of centrists tried to get the Jacobins and the Conservatives to compromise on what main idea?

A
a republic versus a constitutional monarchy
B
a monarchy versus a constitutional monarchy
C
a democratic republic versus a monarchy
D
a church leader versus a monarchy
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Why did Otto von Bismarck believe a war with France would help unify Germany?

A
He thought that Germany’s close relationship with France was a threat to German unity.
B
He wanted France to give up Prussia and other lands that rightfully belonged to Germany.
C
He hoped that the war would encourage German people to stop adopting French customs.
D
He believed that a war would give the people of Germany a strong sense of nationalist pride.
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What role did the working class of France play during the Reign of Terror?

A
They were the main target of the government’s violence.
B
They strongly supported the Jacobins’ use of radical measures.
C
They remained uninvolved in the French Revolution.
D
They used violence to overthrow the Jacobins.
5

Who created the concept of a social contract?

A
Thomas Hobbes
B
John Locke
C
Baron de Montesquieu
D
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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How did the events of the Reformation affect the Enlightenment?

A
People challenged cultural institutions during the Reformation, which led them to challenge educational facilities during the Enlightenment.
B
People challenged educational facilities during the Reformation, which led them to challenge cultural institutions during the Enlightenment.
C
People challenged governmental authority during the Reformation, which led them to challenge religious institutions during the Enlightenment.
D
People challenged religious institutions during the Reformation, which led them to challenge governmental authority during the Enlightenment.
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French soldiers brought home ideas about government and rights from the American Revolution, including news of the Declaration of Independence. One of the ideas presented in the Declaration of Independence is equality for all. Englishman Thomas Hobbes and which other Enlightenment thinker proposed this idea?

A
Rosseau
B
Montesquieu
C
Locke
D
Voltaire
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Which term describes Voltaire’s ideas about religion?

A
agnosticism
B
secularism
C
Catholicism
D
atheism
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What was the overall purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

A
to create a government responsive to the people
B
to eliminate the monarchy and aristocracy
C
to guarantee a good life to all citizens
D
to eliminate the excessive power of clergy
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Irish supporters of home rule favored the

A
end of British rule.
B
right to govern themselves.
C
invasion of Scotland.
D
need to do away with all farms in Ireland.
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What did the guillotine symbolize?

A
the execution of the wealthy
B
the Reign of Terror
C
the National Convention
D
the power of radicals
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Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland endured a major famine caused by

A
a potato blight.
B
mild weather.
C
crop surpluses.
D
locust attacks.
13

What was the earliest religion practiced in Japan?

A
Buddhism
B
Shintoism
C
Confucianism
D
Taoism
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Why did most revolutions end by 1850?

A
People stopped supporting war and conflict.
B
Monarchs killed all of the revolutionaries.
C
Revolutionaries succeeded in enacting change.
D
Countries decided to return land to original owners.

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