Question

The Committee of Public Safety was:

A. led by the more moderate members of the government.
B. used as an instrument of terror.
C. established by the National Assembly.
D. provided security for the new French Republic.

Answer 1

a

Answer 2

A. is incorrect. The Committee was led by political radicals such as Robespierre.

B. is correct. The Committee was responsible for countless executions.

C. is incorrect. It was established by the National Convention.

D. is incorrect. It was intended to provide security for the new French Republic, but it failed.

B. is the correct answer.

Answer 3

you can check yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AiojxMfg4l3NvUOVCz_Rru.bvZx4?p=The+Committee+of+Public+Safety+was%3A&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701

Answer 4

thanks

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_public_safety

Answer 6

It is most certainly not A.. Robespierre was the head of the Committee of Public Safety. He was a Jacobin radical who called for the execution of thousands of political dissidents and he used the Committee to fulfill his goals.

Answer 7

Partyrainbow, can you show me specifically any sources that state The Committee of Public Safety was led by more moderate members of the government?

Answer 8

you can check in yahoo

Answer 9

I did check... it just told me what I already knew. I'd be willing to change my opinion regarding the validity of your answer if you gave me any information to contradict it.

Historically, B. is the correct answer.

Answer 10

yahoo isn't Necessarily going to be true
i agree with b

Answer 11

The thing is, yahoo points to B. as the answer as well.