To Gain the Support of Various Groups in Society and to Win

question 24

Multiple Choice

To gain the support of various groups in society and to win the war,the Jacobins did all the following EXCEPT

• A) facilitating the purchase of land by peasants.
• B) abolishing imprisonment for debt.
• C) implementing a constitution that gave all adult males the right to vote in 1793.
• D) drafting unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 25.
• E) requiring factories and mines to operate at full capacity and requisition resources necessary for the war effort.

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