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What rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior?

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Natural Law

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In A Vindication of the the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal...

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education

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Physiocrats supported a government policy of:

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laissez faire

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Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they:

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challenged the old order

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An enlightened despot was a ruler who:

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influenced political and social change

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Which enlightened despot traveled among the peasants in disguise to learn about their problems?

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Joseph II

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Because the American colonies were home to diverse religious and ethnic groups:

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social distinctions were more blurred than in Europe

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Britain passed the Navigation Acts to:

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regulate colonial trade and manufacturing.

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The Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the American revolution because:

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the american victory convinced france to support the revolution

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American leaders gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise:

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the Articles of Confederation

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Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from the:

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scientific revolution

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According to Thomas hobbes, the best form of government was:

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an absolute monarchy

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The system of checks and balances in the US Constitution was influenced by the ideas of which enlightened thinker:

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montesquieu

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Diderot's Encyclopedia was important because it:

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spread Enlightenment ideas.

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Economist Adam Smith argued that, in free market, business activity would be regulated by the forces of:

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supply and demand.

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What Enlightenment thinker argued that the purpose of government is to safeguard the natural rights of the people?

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John Locke

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What statement best describes Voltaire's novel Candide?

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exposes corruption and hypocrisy

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Enlightenment writers sometimes tried to avoid censorship by:

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disguising their ideas as fiction.

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Elegant compositions by Handel, Haydn, and Mozart reflected a new musical style of the Enlightenment known as:

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classical.

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During the Enlightenment, what argument did government and church officials use to justify their war of censorship?

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God set up the old order

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In the 1700s, British merchants gained enormous wealth by dominating what type of trade with Spanish America?

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Slaves.

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Which of the following British laws imposed taxes on such items such as newspapers and pamphlets in the American colonies?

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Stamp Act

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What was an advantage of the colonists in the American Revolution?

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diverse geography

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The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between:

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national and state governments

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The idea of separation of powers in the Constitution was borrowed from what Enlightenment thinker?

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Montesquieu

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In France's old order, the clergy belonged to what estate?

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First Estate

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Louis XVI was forced to dismiss his financial adviser, Jacques Necker, when Necker proposed what idea?

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Taxing the 1st and 2nd estates

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One important result of the Estates- General was what?

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The National Assembly

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled after what?

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American Declaration of Independence

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The National Assembly voted to pay off the huge government debt by:

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selling Church lands

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When the new national convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?

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a republic

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The Reign of Terror gave way to the Directory phase of the revolution in which the dominant political force was the:

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bourgeoisie

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Which country was able to remain outside of Napoleon's European empire?

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Britain

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What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?

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scorched-earth policy

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The Congress of Vienna promoted the principle of legitimacy by:

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restoring hereditary monarchies

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In France's old order, what made up the bourgeoisie?

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merchants

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In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from what estate?

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Third

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Participants in the Tennis Court Oath swore to continue meeting until they were able to bring about what?

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a just constitution

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Who were the poorest members of the Third estate?

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Urban workers

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The women who marched on Versailles refused to leave until the king agreed to:

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return to Paris

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What form of government did the National Assembly create with the Constitution of 1791?

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a limited monarchy

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In the declaration of Pilnitz, the king of Prussia and emperor of Austria:

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threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy.

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When the radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly in the fall of 1792, they extended voting rights to:

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all male citizens

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Robespierre believed that France could achieve a "republic of virtue" only through:

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the use of terror.

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During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of:

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the Committee of Public Safety

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After overthrowing the Directory in 1799, Napoleon and his followers set up a three-man governing board called the:

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Consulate

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Under the Napoleonic Code:

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men regained complete authority over their wives

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The Continental System was a form of:

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economic warfare

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Napoleon's final defeat was at the:

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Battle of Waterloo

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A major goal of the decision makers at the Congress of Vienna was to:

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suppress revolutionary uprisings throughout Europe.

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During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?

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People migrated from rural areas to cities.

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The cotton gin was a machine that could:

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separate seeds from raw cotton

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The first factories developed in what industry?

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textiles

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The Luddites were a:

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labor organization

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In the early 1700s, Abraham Darby's experiment led him to:

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produce less expensive, better-quality iron

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Thomas Malthus discouraged vaccinations because:

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disease was natural means of population control.

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Which of the following best describes David Ricardo's "Iron Law of Wages?"

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Wage increases will not raise the standard of living of poor families.

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"The greatest happiness for the greatest numbers," was a goal of:

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utilitarianism

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German socialists formed a social democracy in the 1860's in order to transition gradually:

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from capitalism to socialism

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Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it:

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created prosperity for a few and poverty for many.

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Land enclosure in the 1600s and 1700s resulted in:

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larger farms

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Abraham Darby made better quality iron by:

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using coal to smelt the iron.

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Steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by:

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James Watt

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The slave trade contributed to the rise of industry in Britain by:

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bringing in investment capital.

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The development of steam power enabled the growth of:

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railroads

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In what way were railroads an improvement over canals?

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Railroads did not have to follow the course of a river.

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The putting-out system was a method of:

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producing cloth in individual homes

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The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were a part of:

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the working class

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Laws called "factory acts" were passed in the early 1800s to:

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reform child labor.

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Most early factory workers were women because:

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employers could pay women less than men.

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Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?

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a general rise in the standard of living

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According to the laissez-faire economists, the cure for poverty was:

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an unrestricted market.

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Jeremy Bentham believed that:

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laws should be judged by whether they bring more pleasure than pain.

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According to socialists, the solution to poverty and injustice was:

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shared ownership by the people of the means of production

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Which group established communities where all work is shared and all property is owned in common?

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Utopians

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The Concert of Europe was an agreement to:

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support the old order

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The ideas of liberals were sometimes called "bourgeois liberalism" because liberals spoke mostly for the:

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middle class.

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Creating a homeland for people who shared a common heritage was a major goal of:

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nationalists

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After independence, Britain, France, and Russia pressured the Greeks to accept a German king because:

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the European powers did not support the revolution's nationalist ideas.

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In 1815, why did the Congress of Vienna unite the Austrian Netherlands and the Kingdom of Holland?

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The Congress wanted to create a strong barrier to French expansion.

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What major event occurred during "February Days" in France in 1848?

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Louis Philippe abdicated.

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During the "June Days" in France, why did they peasants attack protesting socialist workers?

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They feared the socialists would take their land.

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Toussaint L'Ouverture led a revolt that eventually resulted in independence for:

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Haiti

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Father Miguel Hidalgo's "el Grito de Dolores" was a:

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call to fight for Mexican independence

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What event spurred Simon Bolivar and his followers to begin to begin the struggle for independence?

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Napoleon's occupation of Spain

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What event in Europe in 1808 encouraged widespread rebellion in Latin America?

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Napoleon ousted the Spanish King

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Conservatives of the early 1800s believed in

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the restoration of monarchies

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Liberals strongly supported laissez-faire economics as the best way to:

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help businesses succeed.

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Milos Obrenovie was able to win Russian support for Serb independence because:

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the Russians and the Serbs shared a common language and religion.

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Louis Philippe was called the "citizen king" because:

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he owed his throne to the people.

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The Second Republic in France ended when:

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Louis Napoleon became emperor

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What was the result of the 1830 revolt in Poland?

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Russian forces crushed the revolt.

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What contributed to the overwhelming majority of French voters that supported Louis Napoleon and his second empire?

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Many voters thought a monarchy was more stable than a republic

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Uprising sparked by the dismantling of the Charter of French Liberties forced the abdication of:

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Charles X

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In the 1700s, Latin American political and social life was dominated by:

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the peninsulares

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What was a goal of revolutionaries in the Italian states in 1848?

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to end hapsburg domination and set up constitutional governments

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For a short time after liberation from Spanish rule, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama were a part of a single nation called:

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Gran Colombia

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Unlike revolutions in other Latin American countries, Haiti's fight for freedom was:

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carried out by slaves.

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Which revolutionary leader helped Argentina win freedom from Spain?

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Jose de San Martin

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