Ch. 17 Bell Work What is the purpose/role of Government?

Ch. 17 Pretest The people of the 1700s referred to their century as the (a) Reformation. (b) Scientific Revolution. (c) Age of Enlightenment. (d) Renaissance.

2. On July 14, 1789, a mob stormed the Bastille, a (a) hated prison-fortress in Paris. (b) building that housed the French legislature. (c) palace that housed the French monarch. (d) religious shrine.

3. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna met to (a) decide how to punish Napoleon for his conquest of Europe. (b) settle religious disputes between France and Great Britain. (c) settle political and territorial questions. (d) elect a new emperor.

4. The first plan of the government for the United States was the (a) Bill of Rights. (b) Articles of Confederation. (c) Declaration of Independence. (d) Constitution of the United States.

5. The Declaration of the Rights of Man (a) gave women the same rights as men. (b) limited the powers of the monarch. (c) defined the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity. (d) restored the power and prestige of the Old Regime.

6. The class of French society that was divided into the bourgeoisie, laborers and artisans, and peasants was called the (a) First Estate. (b) Second Estate. (c) Third Estate. (d) Fourth Estate.

7. Under the Old Regime, French society was organized into three separate classes called (a) estates. (b) communes. (c) serfdoms. (d) kingdoms.

8. The government created by the U.S. Constitution includes all of the following EXCEPT (a) three federal branches. (b) the Concordat. (c) the Bill of Rights. (d) a division of powers between the central government and the individual states.

9. The National Convention set up the Committee of Public Safety to (a) direct the army in crushing foreign invaders. (b) carry out the laws of the Convention. (c) oversee the activities of the monarch. (d) make sure that all citizens voted.

10. Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the allied countries met to settle political and territorial questions at a conference called the (a) European Congress. (b) Quadruple Alliance. (c) Congress of Vienna. (d) Concert of Europe.