Women in the French Revolution

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1 All of the following are associated with feminism during the French Revolution EXCEPT?:
Mary Wollstonecraft.
Emeline Pankhurst.
Jean Denis Lanjuinais.
Olympe de Gouges.
Madame Roland.

2 All of the following were reasons for excluding women from political and public life before and during the French Revolution EXCEPT?:
Neither men nor women would gain any good from their "interruption" of the general order of society.
They would be forced to sacrifice and neglect the duties and cares given to them by nature.
Women posses contrasting elements to those of men, which would stand in the way of democracy, freedom, and the principles fought for in the French Revolution.
Women are not fully recognized as citizens.
Women are too preoccupied with educating themselves that participation in political and public life is almost impossible.

3 Which statement(s) below exemplify women's participation in militant citizenship?:
               1 - The Women's March to Versailles.
               2 - Political discussions in the Paris salons.
               3 - Women's participation in processions and their demand for the right
                     to bear arms.
               4 - The organized rebellion of women in the society of Revolutionary
                    Republican Women.
2, only.
1 and 2.
1, 3, and 4.
2, 3, and 4.
1, 2, 3, and 4.

4 The new Constitution of 1793 reserved citizenship for men, only. Women's exclusion from citizenship mean, therefore, that?:
They could govern themselves as their judgement saw fit.
It was their choice whether or not to give allegiance to the government of France.
They were not subject to secular or temporal authority, but rather to the authority of God.
They were unable to perform basic duties of a male citizen and could not be trusted.
They were also exempt from from the republican "virtue" of the citizen.

5 Women made their presence known during the French Revolution by?:
           1 - Appealing to the National Assembly for lower bread prices.
           2 - Marching to Versailles in demand for bread.
           3 - Enlisting in the New French Army.
           4 - Influencing their husbands and/or fathers in decisions, in regard to
                paternalism.
Only 1 is correct.
1 and 2 are correct.
1, 3, and 4 are correct.
2, 3 and 4 are correct.
1, 2, 3, and 4 are correct.

6 Which cause is paired with the correct result?:
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen ---> Women got equal rights with men.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen ---> The Vindication of the Rights of Women
Women march to Versailles ---> Louis XVI returns to Paris to retake control of the government.
The Great Fear ---> Close to 50,000 people, including men, women, and children, were killed by the guillotine.
Women march to the Hotel de Ville ---> Women are allowed to participate in city hall meetings.

7 All of the following are true EXCEPT?:
The Reign of Terror claimed victims ranging from royalists, such as Queen Marie Antoinette, and former Girondists, including Olympe de Gouges.
The radical period of the French Revolution led to the formation of the Society for Revolutionary Republican Women, composed largely of middle class women.
In 1791, women marched to Versailles, and were followed by the National Guard under Lafayette, to demand bread for their their children.
With the help of Olympe de Gouges' Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, women were able to obtain equal rights to own property and to enlist in the army.
The Great Fear claimed victims including men, women, and children.

8 Which of the following is correctly placed in chronological order?:
1 - Women march to Paris' city hall, the Hotel de Ville.
2 - The Society for Revolutionary Republican Women is created.
3 - Olympe de Gouges writes The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
      and the Female Citizen.

4 - Women march to Versailles.
1 - Olympe de Gouges writes The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
      and the Female Citizen.

2 - Women march to the Hotel de Ville.
3 - Women march to Versailles.
4 - The Society for Revolutionary Republican Women is created.
1 - Olympe de Gouges writes The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
      and the Female Citizen.

2 - The Society for Revolutionary Republican Women is created.
3 - Women march to the Hotel de Ville.
4 - Women march to Versailles.
1 - Women march to the Hotel de Ville.
2 - Women march to Versailles.
3 - The Society for Revolutionary Republican Women is created.
4 - Olympe de Gouges writes The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
      and the Female Citizen.
1 - The Society for Revolutionary Republican Women is created.
2 - Women march to the Hotel de Ville.
3 - Women march to Versailles.
4 - Olympe de Gouges writes The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
      and the Female Citizen.