The Fall of Napoleon and the Post-Napoleonic Era, 1800–1848 | Practice Test / Quiz / MCQs

1. The Reform Act of 1832 in Britain

replaced William IV with Queen Victoriagranted the right to vote to women of aristocratic backgroundabolished the House of Lordscreated a standing army for the first timeexpanded the number of voters

2. Which of the following countries was the biggest supporter of Napoleon and why?

Russia was the biggest supporter because Napoleon offered Alexander the title of Emperor of the East, and they both shared a dislike for the British.Belgium was the biggest supporter because it shared similar cultural traits such as language and religion.Austria was the biggest supporter because Francis I offered Napoleon his daughter Maria Louise in marriage, cementing an alliance between the Bonapartes and Hapsburgs that lasted until 1914.Poland was the biggest supporter because Napoleon offered the Poles hope of autonomy or independence by creating the Duchy of Warsaw.Spain was the biggest supporter because Spaniards welcomed Napoleon’s moves to limit the Catholic Church’s grip on all aspects of Spanish society.

3. What was the significance of the election following the French Revolution of 1848?

Napoleon Bonaparte’s son was elected as president.It was the first in Europe to be based on universal male suffrage.It was the first time a Socialist was elected.It was the first time women were allowed to vote.all of the above

4. All of the following were major artistic and literary contributors to the period of Romanticism EXCEPT

Alexander PushkinWilliam WordsworthLouis DavidEugene DelacroixLord Byron

5. What major event in Europe determined if one was a Liberal, Republican, or Conservative in 19th-century Europe?

the Revolutions of 1830the American Revolutionnone of the abovethe English Civil Warthe French Revolution (1789)

6. As a result of the ______, France was given permission to intervene militarily in Spain to suppress the revolutionaries and return the king and church to prominence.

Congress of TroppauJuly DaysCongress of Aixla-ChapelleCongress of VeronaJuly Ordinances

7. Czar Alexander I’s most successful strategy in countering Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was to

retreat and destroy food suppliessummon mountain warriors from the Caucasus to fight in the Russian armymake a stand in front of Moscowstand and fight at the Neman Riversurrender St. Petersburg

8. Friedrich Engels considered his and Marx’s version of Socialism “scientific” because

it could be proven through the scientific methodhe felt that through the use of dialectical materialism, he could explain the inevitability of the coming of Socialismnone of the aboveCharles Darwin had come to the same conclusions about the inevitability of Socialismall of the above

9. England avoided revolution in the 1800s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

the government enacted labor and industrial reforms to lessen the pain caused by the Industrial Revolutionthe long-standing tradition of parliamentary representationthere was universal suffrage and an extensive social welfare system in place to help the poorthe government extended voting rights twice in 1832 and 1867instead of being inspired by the revolutions, most people were turned off by the violence and chose reform

10. To strangle the British economy, Napoleon imposed an economic blockade on his rival called

the Napoleonic CodePepe le Pieuthe Continental Systemthe Bastille EmbargoAnti-British Economic Policy

13. One of the overriding principles of the Congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle, Troppau, and Verona promoted by Austrian Prime Minister Metternich was

the importance of gaining an agreement on a collective security arrangement from the Great Powers that would stamp out revolutionary uprisings in Europethe need to isolate France and force it to be regular with its indemnity paymentsthe necessity to implement constitutional reforms to save the monarchs of Europehow to fairly distribute the spoils of war taken from France at the Congress of Viennanone of the above

14. Overall, the general goal of the allies at the Congress of Vienna was to

establish boundaries and conditions in Europe to contain Francecreate a permanent “Holy Alliance” between Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britainspread the revolutionary gains made in France to the rest of Europeanoint Russia as the new leader of Europeweaken France by recognizing Haitian independence

15. The Napoleonic Code, enacted by Bonaparte in 1804, did all of the following EXCEPT

grant special privileges to the aristocracyassure legal equalityreaffirm the patriarchal nature of the traditional familycreate laws that favored business and private enterpriseform a basis for civil law copied in many countries

16. As a result of the Polish uprising in 1830,

Poland’s constitution was reinstatedRussia took all of Ukraine and Belarus under its controlthe Polish Catholic Church was closed down by Russian authoritiesNicholas I abrogated Poland’s constitution and fully incorporated it into the Russian EmpirePoland became independent minus its ethnic lands in Prussia

18. "Napoleon Bonaparte first entered the world of French politics by"

crowning himself emperor of Francecalling for the execution of Louis XVIswearing loyalty to the Tennis Court Oathorchestrating a coup d’etat that overthrew the Directorynone of the above

19. The issue that precipitated a split between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I and that eventually led to war was

a promise by Prussia and Austria to Russia that they would give up their Polish possessions in exchange for Russia leaving the Continental SystemAlexander’s refusal to allow his daughter to marry NapoleonRussia’s backing out of the Continental SystemAlexander I’s dissatisfaction with being simply the “emperor of the East” and not all of Europe as wella quarrel between France and Russia over how to partition Finland

20. The repeal of the Corn Laws in Britain in 1846

was yet another step in erecting a protective tariffvirtually destroyed British agricultural production and made the country reliant on Indian productionled to more imports of corn from the Balkansencouraged British farmers to abandon cornwas a concession to bourgeois industrialists

21. What was one of the main issues that sparked the Revolution of 1830 in France?

a vote by the French legislature to compensate émigrés who lost their property 30 years earlier in the first revolutionthe election of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as the president of Franceprotestors who defied a ban on demonstrationsthe crushing burden of government reparations stipulated by the Congress of ViennaBelgium’s vote by a slim margin to appoint Louis Philippe’s son as the new king

23. By refusing to support the Greek uprising in 1821

Alexander I sacrificed Russian national interests to stand together with Metternich and oppose revolutionary upheavals in EuropeCzar Alexander I forever lost the chance for Russia to play a major role in Balkan politicsthe Ottoman Empire agreed to recognize Russia as the sole protector of Christian property in PalestineRussia avoided a possible two-front war with the Ottoman Empire and AustriaRussia turned its sights on consolidating its control over Poland

24. Napoleon’s costliest defeat in terms of manpower and materials came

at the Battle of Austerlitzat the Battle of Trafalgarin Egyptat Waterlooagainst the Russians

25. All of the following were results of the Congress of Vienna EXCEPT

the creation of the Netherlands out of Belgium, Luxembourg, and Holland to serve as a counterweight to France in the norththe formation of the Quadruple Alliancethe end of two centuries of colonial rivalry between France and Britainthe restoration of hereditary monarchs that were in power in 1792 or at the time of their overthrow by Napoleonthe unification of Germany was finally realized

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