The French Revolution
Napoleon
Names & Terms
People
Grab Bag
100
This document, written in 1789, is a manifestation of Enlightenment thinking, stressing the importance of reason, individual rights, democratic governance, and legal equality. It marked a significant shift from the feudal and absolutist systems of the past, laying the foundation for modern democratic and constitutional governments.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen?
100
This island was Napoleon's birthplace.
What is Corsica?
100
They didn't wear knee breeches.
Who were Le Sans Coulotte?
100
This is the family name of all the Louis.
What is Bourbon?
100
This ship sank in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
200
This body, which was required for the King to raise taxes, was divided into three parts; the clergy, the nobility, and everyone else.
What was the Estates-General?
200
Napoleon's occupation of German lands increased this sentiment among many German speaking people.
What is Nationalism?
200
This replaced the logic and reason of the Enlightenment with emotion.
What was Romanticism?
200
He was the first leader of the Haitian revolution.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
200
She was the first celebrity chef with a show called The French Chef.
Who was Julia Child?
300
This word, translated as town's folk, were the new wealthy class of citizens.
What was the bourgeoisie?
300
This Painting of Napoleon is calculated to portray him in what way?
What is, as an Emperor?
300
This philosophy advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
What is Socialism?
300
He was a Prussian diplomat (later German diplomat) largely responsible for the unification of Germany.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
300
This is the largest religion in Japan.
What is Shinto?
400
This was the goal of the Republican government in requiring all people, whether young or old, whether married or single, whether man or woman, to participate in the Revolution.
To spread Revolutionary ideas.
400
This was the final place of Napoleon's exile.
What was the island of Elba?
400
They were the brawny fish women who marched to Versailles and forced Louis to declare a constitutional monarchy.
Who were the Poissards?
400
He was Louis XVI's finance minister.
Who was Jacques Necker?
400
He was famous for his splatter paintings.
Who was Jackson Pollock?
500
This is what happened to women's rights during French Revolution.
What is they improved temporarily?
500
This was the year of Napoleon's Coup D'Etat.
When was 1799?
500
This philosophy, as advocated by the Congress of Vienna, argues that old institutions create stability within society and are worth preserving, rather than changing to more "progressive" ones.
What is Conservatism?
500
She murdered Marat in his bathtub and was beheaded for it.
Who was Charlotte Corday?
500
While Thomas Edison is credited with the invention of the lightbulb, this man actually invented the carbon filament used in lightbulbs today.
Who was Lewis H. Latimer?