Unit Essay - The question for the unit essay is "What are the challenges to building a democracy?" - the essay will be due on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. The criteria for length and composition are the same are the first essay.
Information about the test - The test will have the same format as the previous test. Use the questions below to help study for the test. Remember, the test is about assessing how well you can think using the big ideas of the unit and the historical information in the unit. The best way to study for the test is to use these questions to practice the process of thinking needed to fully answer the questions. That means making a diagram based on the "big ideas" you find in reading the question and then organizing historical facts to match the "big ideas".
Practice Questions:
1. How did the French Revolutionaries use the ideas of the Enlightenment in the Revolution?
2. How did Robespierre and the Jacobins use the Reign of Terror as an opportunity to create their idealized version of France?
3. How was Napoleon similar to Oliver Cromwell?
4. How did the Congress of Vienna try to prevent future events like the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars?
5. Which event should be considered the start of the French Revolution: the Tennis Court Oath or the Storming of the Bastille?
6. How was Louis XVI’s mishandling of the start of the French Revolution similar to Charles I of England’s mishandling of the English Civil War?
7. How was Napoleon the cause of his own downfall?
8. How was the choice of both Louis Phillipe and Napoleon III to be leaders of France a compromise between tradition and change within France?
9. How were the French Revolution and the Revolts of 1848 in France both examples of struggle between the middle class and the poor?
10. How is the history of France during the nineteenth century one of continuing revolutionary conflict between monarchy and democracy?
