Unit 2 pt3

The economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution was caused by

• the Revolutionary War in America.

• weak demand for consumer products.

• widespread corruption in the government.

• bad harvests and a slowdown in manufacturing.

Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly’s decrees because

• the army turned against him and threatened to execute him.

• it was the only way he could remain mayor of Paris.

• thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace.

• his attempt to escape to Poland had failed.

In their rebellions of 1789, the French peasants were reacting to the high cost of bread, high taxes, and

• political inequality.

• religious persecution.

• foreign intervention.

• treatment of women.

The threat of foreign intervention to restore Louis XVI to the throne caused the French Revolution to

• become more radical.

• spread to other countries.

• pursue the goal of equality.

• fail in its attempt to reform French society.

Because it could not govern effectively after the Reign of Terror, the Directory had to

• agree to share power with the clergy.

• turn to the bourgeoisie for protection.

• rely upon the military to enforce its authority.

• abolish slavery in the French colonies.

Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was

• given only to those Napoleon favored.

• based on ability rather than rank or birth.

• available equally to men and women.

• designed to keep the middle class out of high-ranking positions.

Before its independence, Mexico was part of the colony of

• New Grenada

• New Spain

• Rio de la Plata

• New Iberia

__________ were white Spaniards born in the Americas who owned much of the best land. 

• Peninsulares

• Mestizo

• Creoles

• Indios

__________ were people of mixed Native American and Spanish descent. 

• Mestizos

• Metis

• Indios

• Moriscos

Foreign investors ensured their continued domination of the Latin American economy by

• enlisting powerful caudillos to subdue any possible uprisings among the peasant classes.

• draining raw materials from Latin American countries while keeping them dependent on manufactured goods.

• building factories in urban areas of Latin America while eliminating lucrative cash crops.

• refusing to develop transportation and communication systems in rural areas of Latin America.