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The American Revolution erupted as a response to increasing


A) British control over the economic affairs of the colonies.
B) social tensions between colonial elites and yeoman farmers.
C) population pressure on the land.
D) popular demands for decolonization.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Massive dislocation of French society (1789-1815) that overthrew the monarchy, destroyed most of the French aristocracy, and launched radical reforms of society that were mostly lost under Napoleon's imperial rule and after the restoration of the monarchy.


A) North American Revolution
B) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
C) French Revolution
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
E) Haitian Revolution
F) Spanish American revolutions
G) abolitionist movement
H) Decembrists
I) nationalism
J) Vindication of the Rights of Woman
K) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
L) maternal feminism
M) Kartini

N) H) and L)
O) G) and H)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -A group of radicalized military officers and about 3,000 Russian soldiers who staged an uprising in St. Petersburg in 1825 and refused to swear an oath of allegiance to Tsar Nicholas I. Many of the rebels were well-educated, often French-speaking, army officers from aristocratic families who had been exposed to the ideas of the European Enlightenment and the French Revolution after serving in France or elsewhere in Europe during the war with Napoleon.


A) North American Revolution
B) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
C) French Revolution
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
E) Haitian Revolution
F) Spanish American revolutions
G) abolitionist movement
H) Decembrists
I) nationalism
J) Vindication of the Rights of Woman
K) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
L) maternal feminism
M) Kartini

N) J) and K)
O) E) and I)

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Why have the Atlantic revolutions been described as democratic revolutions?


A) Their overall thrust was to extend political rights further than ever before.
B) Their common objective was to end the slave trade and abolish slavery.
C) They fought for universal human rights for all, regardless of race or sex.
D) They permanently eliminated the monarchy as a viable political system.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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The Atlantic revolutions challenged the absolute and divine authority of


A) nations.
B) republics.
C) monarchies.
D) empires.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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What did freedom mean in postrevolutionary Haiti?


A) Establishment of political rights for all
B) Independence and the end of slavery
C) Equality for both blacks and whites
D) Equality for both men and women

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Historical Analysis: How did the Atlantic revolutions inspire change in the rest of the world?

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What obstacles prevented the leaders of independence movements in Latin America from uniting the Spanish colonies?

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In contrast to the American Revolution, the French Revolution


A) drew on Enlightenment ideas about liberty.
B) sought to re-create society from scratch.
C) sought to preserve existing liberties.
D) experienced no participation by women.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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What did the leaders of the various independence movements in Latin America do to gain the support of the general population?


A) Preserve regional identities and racial divisions to appease popular demands
B) Challenge the Catholic Church's control over colonial politics and society
C) Abolish the feudal system of landownership and institute a land-to-the-tiller program
D) Appeal to nativist feelings by defining all those born in the Americas as Americanos

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -Movement that claimed that women have value in society not because of an abstract notion of equality but because women have a distinctive and vital role as mothers; its exponents argued that women have the right to intervene in civil and political life because of their duty to watch over the future of their children.


A) North American Revolution
B) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
C) French Revolution
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
E) Haitian Revolution
F) Spanish American revolutions
G) abolitionist movement
H) Decembrists
I) nationalism
J) Vindication of the Rights of Woman
K) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
L) maternal feminism
M) Kartini

N) I) and L)
O) C) and K)

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Which of the following represents a way that governments in the nineteenth century instilled national loyalties in their citizens?


A) Rewarding charity work
B) Spreading local dialects
C) Sponsoring public rituals
D) Encouraging family ties

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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How did the end of the international slave trade affect Africa?


A) International pressure compelled African states to abolish slavery.
B) Reliance on slave labor increased in West and East Africa.
C) Production of labor-intensive cash crops dropped significantly.
D) Trade in North Africa shifted from Europe to Pacific Oceania.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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How did the Atlantic revolutions influence subsequent movements that spread throughout Europe in the nineteenth century?


A) All were committed to republicanism and social equality.
B) All favored extending equal voting rights to women.
C) All sought to reestablish national monarchies.
D) All resulted in the disappearance of overseas empires.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Terms -A Javanese woman from an elite background (1879-1904) who has come to be regarded as a pioneer of both feminist and nationalist thinking in Indonesia.


A) North American Revolution
B) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
C) French Revolution
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
E) Haitian Revolution
F) Spanish American revolutions
G) abolitionist movement
H) Decembrists
I) nationalism
J) Vindication of the Rights of Woman
K) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
L) maternal feminism
M) Kartini

N) F) and L)
O) C) and I)

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In which of the countries shown on Map 16.3 did the only completely successful slave revolt in world history occur?


A) Haiti
B) Mexico
C) Peru
D) Bolivia

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Among the Atlantic revolutions, why is the French Revolution considered to be more radical than the American Revolution?

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How did class and racial differences shape the revolutionary goals of different groups in Haiti?

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Which of the following was used by intellectuals in nineteenth-century Europe to argue for women's rights?


A) Civic nationalism
B) Maternal feminism
C) Biological differences
D) Social Darwinism

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following was a result of the end of slavery in the Atlantic world?


A) The economic prospects of former slaves greatly improved.
B) Patterns of global migration shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
C) New forms of dependent labor like sharecropping emerged.
D) Civil wars erupted in West and North Africa.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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