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Revolutions and Their Consequences
Ten revolutions, what triggered them, and what actually replaced what.
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A coup swaps the people at the top. A revolution replaces the arrangement itself — who may hold power, on what basis, and what the state is for. That distinction is why some famous uprisings are called revolutions and others are not, and why several revolutions ended with a ruler considerably more powerful than the one removed. These questions cover ten upheavals across three centuries, with attention to what each one actually changed. Where the popular story simplifies the outcome, the explanation says so.
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Revolutions and Their Consequences: all 10 questions and answers
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1The storming of the Bastille in 1789 marked the beginning of which revolution?
- A The Russian Revolution
- B The American Revolution
- C The Haitian Revolution
- D The French Revolution Correct
Answer: D. The French Revolution
Why: The prison held only seven inmates, but it was a symbol of royal authority and a store of gunpowder.
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2The American Declaration of Independence was adopted in which year?
- A 1783
- B 1765
- C 1776 Correct
- D 1789
Answer: C. 1776
Why: Fighting had begun in 1775 and continued until 1783. The declaration announced the break rather than ending the war.
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3The Russian Revolution of 1917 brought which party to power?
- A The Social Revolutionaries
- B The Bolsheviks Correct
- C The Mensheviks
- D The Cadets
Answer: B. The Bolsheviks
Why: Two revolutions occurred that year: February removed the Tsar, October brought Lenin's Bolsheviks to power.
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4The Haitian Revolution is notable as the only successful what?
- A Large-scale slave revolt that founded a state Correct
- B Revolution led by a monarch
- C Bloodless revolution
- D Revolution reversed within a year
Answer: A. Large-scale slave revolt that founded a state
Why: Beginning in 1791, it produced an independent Haiti in 1804 after defeating French forces.
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5The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
- A France
- B Germany
- C The United States
- D Britain Correct
Answer: D. Britain
Why: Coal, capital, colonial markets and water power combined there first, from the mid-eighteenth century.
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6The Chinese Communist Party came to power in which year?
- A 1927
- B 1966
- C 1949 Correct
- D 1911
Answer: C. 1949
Why: It followed a civil war interrupted by the war with Japan. The 1911 revolution had earlier ended the imperial system.
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7The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England is so called because it was largely what?
- A Led by parliament's army
- B Achieved with little fighting in England Correct
- C Fought over religion alone
- D Reversed within a decade
Answer: B. Achieved with little fighting in England
Why: James II fled and William and Mary accepted a throne with new limits on royal power.
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8The Cuban Revolution brought which figure to power in 1959?
- A Fidel Castro Correct
- B Che Guevara
- C Fulgencio Batista
- D Camilo Cienfuegos
Answer: A. Fidel Castro
Why: Batista was the ruler overthrown. Guevara held senior posts but never led the state.
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9The 1789 French Revolution eventually gave way to the rule of whom?
- A Louis XVIII
- B Robespierre for two decades
- C A lasting republic
- D Napoleon Bonaparte Correct
Answer: D. Napoleon Bonaparte
Why: He took power in 1799 and crowned himself emperor in 1804, ending the republic the revolution had created.
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10The Iranian Revolution of 1979 replaced the monarchy with what?
- A A parliamentary democracy
- B A communist state
- C An Islamic republic Correct
- D A military junta
Answer: C. An Islamic republic
Why: The Shah left in January 1979 and a referendum confirmed the new system that April.
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