AP World Prep

LEQ

Compare and contrast the causes and effects of TWO of the following revolutions: American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution.

Multiple Choice

Which Enlightenment idea most directly influenced revolutionary demands for representative government?

• Divine right of kings
• Social contract theory
• Mercantilism
• Cultural relativism

Suggested answer: Social contract theory

SAQ

Explain ONE way the Haitian Revolution differed from the French Revolution. Explain ONE way Latin American independence movements were shaped by Enlightenment ideas.

Multiple Choice

The Seven Years' War contributed to revolution by:

• Increasing European debt and colonial taxation
• Ending all colonial rivalries
• Creating a global peace agreement
• Eliminating mercantilist policies

Suggested answer: Increasing European debt and colonial taxation

Multiple Choice

The Stamp Act is best described as:

• A British tax on printed materials
• A French law ending feudalism
• A Haitian emancipation decree
• A Latin American independence treaty

Suggested answer: A British tax on printed materials

Multiple Choice

Thomas Paine's Common Sense argued for:

• Colonial independence from Britain
• Restoration of the French monarchy
• Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
• Continuation of mercantilism

Suggested answer: Colonial independence from Britain

Multiple Choice

The Estates-General was significant because it:

• Triggered the French Revolution
• Ended the American Revolution
• Established Haitian independence
• Created the Congress of Vienna

Suggested answer: Triggered the French Revolution

Multiple Choice

The Tennis Court Oath indicated:

• The Third Estate's commitment to constitutional change
• Support for absolutism
• Napoleon's rise to power
• Abolition of the Enlightenment

Suggested answer: The Third Estate's commitment to constitutional change

Multiple Choice

The Storming of the Bastille symbolized:

• Popular resistance to monarchy
• French victory in the Seven Years' War
• British control of Paris
• The end of nationalism

Suggested answer: Popular resistance to monarchy

Multiple Choice

The Reign of Terror was characterized by:

• Revolutionary executions and repression
• Peaceful constitutional reforms
• Abolition of all taxes
• Immediate restoration of the monarchy

Suggested answer: Revolutionary executions and repression

Multiple Choice

The Jacobins were:

• Radicals who pushed for republic and equality
• Royalist supporters of Louis XVI
• Haitian plantation owners
• Spanish colonial governors

Suggested answer: Radicals who pushed for republic and equality

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized:

• Natural rights and citizenship
• Divine right of kings
• Isolation from Europe
• Slave codes

Suggested answer: Natural rights and citizenship

Multiple Choice

The Napoleonic Code is best described as:

• A civil law code promoting legal equality
• A mercantilist trade law
• A religious manifesto
• A slave emancipation decree

Suggested answer: A civil law code promoting legal equality

Multiple Choice

The Congress of Vienna aimed to:

• Restore conservative order after Napoleon
• Expand revolutionary ideals worldwide
• Unify Latin America
• End imperial rivalry in Asia

Suggested answer: Restore conservative order after Napoleon

Multiple Choice

The Haitian Revolution was unique because it:

• Was led by enslaved people and ended slavery
• Restored French monarchy
• Created a constitutional monarchy
• Expanded the British Empire

Suggested answer: Was led by enslaved people and ended slavery

Multiple Choice

Toussaint Louverture is associated with:

• Leadership of the Haitian Revolution
• The Meiji Restoration
• The Opium Wars
• The Congress of Vienna

Suggested answer: Leadership of the Haitian Revolution

Multiple Choice

Simon Bolivar is best known for:

• Leading independence movements in northern South America
• Writing the Rights of Man
• Leading the Jacobins
• Founding the VOC

Suggested answer: Leading independence movements in northern South America

Multiple Choice

Jose de San Martin contributed to:

• Liberating parts of South America
• Conquering the Ottoman Empire
• Leading the French Reign of Terror
• Creating the Great Wall

Suggested answer: Liberating parts of South America

Multiple Choice

Creole nationalism refers to:

• American-born elites demanding political power
• African diaspora communities in the Americas
• European monarchs restoring absolutism
• Islamic reform movements in South Asia

Suggested answer: American-born elites demanding political power

Multiple Choice

A key cause of Latin American revolutions was:

• Creole resentment of peninsular privileges
• Industrialization in Europe
• End of mercantilism
• Rise of the Qing dynasty

Suggested answer: Creole resentment of peninsular privileges

Multiple Choice

A key outcome of the American Revolution was:

• Creation of a republic based on Enlightenment ideals
• Restoration of French monarchy
• End of the Atlantic slave trade
• Establishment of absolute monarchy

Suggested answer: Creation of a republic based on Enlightenment ideals

Multiple Choice

Nationalism in the 1800s most directly contributed to:

• Unification movements in Italy and Germany
• Decline of European colonies in 1700
• End of industrialization
• Suppression of liberal reforms

Suggested answer: Unification movements in Italy and Germany

Multiple Choice

The Seneca Falls Convention is significant because it:

• Launched the organized women's rights movement in the U.S.
• Ended the French Revolution
• Established Haitian independence
• Created the League of Nations

Suggested answer: Launched the organized women's rights movement in the U.S.

Multiple Choice

Abolitionism in the 19th century primarily sought to:

• End slavery and the slave trade
• Expand the Atlantic slave trade
• Replace monarchy with absolutism
• Promote mercantilism

Suggested answer: End slavery and the slave trade

Multiple Choice

Chartism was a movement demanding:

• Expanded suffrage and political reform
• Restoration of monarchy
• Imperial expansion in Africa
• Religious conversion in Asia

Suggested answer: Expanded suffrage and political reform

Multiple Choice

Olympe de Gouges is notable for:

• Advocating women's rights during the French Revolution
• Leading the Haitian Revolution
• Creating the Napoleonic Code
• Designing the Panama Canal

Suggested answer: Advocating women's rights during the French Revolution

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes liberalism in the 1800s?

• Support for constitutional government and individual rights
• Support for hereditary monarchy
• Opposition to free markets
• Rejection of nationalism

Suggested answer: Support for constitutional government and individual rights

Multiple Choice

Which development best illustrates conservatism after 1815?

• Restoration of monarchies and balance of power
• Abolition of all monarchies
• Global adoption of republicanism
• Immediate decolonization

Suggested answer: Restoration of monarchies and balance of power

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of Independence reflected Enlightenment ideas by:

• Asserting natural rights and popular sovereignty
• Defending divine right of kings
• Rejecting representative government
• Supporting mercantilism

Suggested answer: Asserting natural rights and popular sovereignty

Multiple Choice

Which development best illustrates feminist activism in the 1800s?

• Seneca Falls Convention
• Congress of Vienna
• Tennis Court Oath
• Zemsky Sobor

Suggested answer: Seneca Falls Convention

Multiple Choice

The Peninsular War was significant for Latin America because it:

• Weakened Spanish authority and encouraged independence
• Expanded Spanish control of colonies
• Abolished slavery in the Caribbean
• Restored Portuguese monarchy

Suggested answer: Weakened Spanish authority and encouraged independence

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes popular sovereignty?

• Government derives authority from the people
• Kings rule by divine right
• Political authority comes from conquest alone
• Only nobles have rights

Suggested answer: Government derives authority from the people

Multiple Choice

A major effect of the French Revolution was:

• Spread of nationalism and revolutionary ideals across Europe
• Immediate end of European wars
• Collapse of industrialization
• End of all colonial empires

Suggested answer: Spread of nationalism and revolutionary ideals across Europe

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the role of creoles in Latin American revolutions?

• They led many independence movements
• They opposed independence and supported peninsulares
• They were enslaved laborers on plantations
• They were European monarchs

Suggested answer: They led many independence movements

Multiple Choice

Miguel Hidalgo's Grito de Dolores:

• Sparked the Mexican independence movement
• Ended the Haitian Revolution
• Restored the French monarchy
• Created the Napoleonic Code

Suggested answer: Sparked the Mexican independence movement

Multiple Choice

Which ideology most directly challenged conservatism in the 1800s?

• Liberalism and nationalism
• Mercantilism
• Feudalism
• Isolationism

Suggested answer: Liberalism and nationalism

Multiple Choice

The abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 shows:

• Success of abolitionist movements
• Rise of absolute monarchy
• End of Enlightenment ideas
• Decline of nationalism

Suggested answer: Success of abolitionist movements

SAQ

Explain ONE cause of the American Revolution. Explain ONE effect of the American Revolution on other Atlantic societies.

SAQ

Describe ONE cause of the French Revolution. Explain ONE way the French Revolution changed social or political structures.

SAQ

Explain ONE reason the Haitian Revolution was significant to Atlantic slavery. Explain ONE challenge Haiti faced after independence.

SAQ

Describe ONE factor that sparked Latin American independence movements. Explain ONE consequence of independence for political stability.

SAQ

Explain ONE way Enlightenment ideas influenced revolutions. Explain ONE way conservatives responded to revolutionary change.

SAQ

Describe ONE way nationalism reshaped European politics in the 1800s. Explain ONE example of nationalist resistance in a colony.

SAQ

Explain ONE way abolitionism gained momentum in the 1800s. Explain ONE way abolition affected labor systems.

SAQ

Describe ONE example of feminist activism in the 1800s. Explain ONE limitation faced by early women's rights movements.

SAQ

Explain ONE continuity in political authority from 1750 to 1900 despite revolutions. Explain ONE change in political legitimacy.

SAQ

Describe ONE way industrialization influenced revolutionary or nationalist movements. Explain ONE example outside Europe.

SAQ

Explain ONE cause of the 1848 revolutions. Explain ONE outcome of those revolutions.

SAQ

Describe ONE way the Congress of Vienna shaped global politics. Explain ONE way that balance of power influenced later conflicts.

SAQ

Explain ONE way revolutions affected social hierarchies. Explain ONE example where old elites retained power.

SAQ

Describe ONE example of liberal reform in the 1800s. Explain ONE response by conservatives or monarchs.

SAQ

Explain ONE way revolutionary ideas spread globally. Explain ONE obstacle to that spread.

LEQ

Evaluate the extent to which Enlightenment ideas caused revolutions in the Atlantic world between 1750 and 1900.

LEQ

Compare and contrast the social outcomes of the French and Haitian Revolutions.

LEQ

Evaluate the extent to which nationalism reshaped political boundaries in Europe between 1815 and 1900.

DBQ

Using the provided documents, analyze how revolutionary ideologies influenced political change from 1750 to 1900.

DBQ

Using the provided documents, analyze continuities and changes in labor systems after the abolition of slavery in the 1800s.