What actions and events led to the execution of Louis XVI? What immediate impact did this have on the course of the revolution?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Louis's failure to control the early events of the Revolution
2. Real and imagined conspiracies between the royal court and foreign powers
3. Louis XVI's attempt to flee France
4. The rise of the Jacobins and their willingness to undertake the king's trial and execution
5. How the king's execution solidified international opposition to the revolution
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The country was divided into four time zones on November 18, 1883 at the insistence of the railroads. That action has proven to be long-lasting. All of the following describe the results of that action EXCEPT
A) the country still operates in four time zones. B) the railroads believed time zones were necessary and asked to make it a reality. C) passengers needed to arrive in a timely manner. D) the government insisted on having the time zones in place.
In his book, On Heroes and Hero-Worship, Thomas Carlyle presented __________ as the embodiment of the hero as prophet.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Initially, the slave trade between Africa and the New World
A) was organized by Portuguese raiding parties. B) primarily involved male Africans. C) primarily involved female African slaves. D) involved slave couples.
The idea of women as naturally lusty dominated the colonial period
A) and peaked in the late 1800s. B) and was borne out by an increase in the 1800s of premarital pregnancies. C) but gave way to images of women as asexual. D) but was replaced in the 1800s by ideas of innocence and chastity.