What is one of the changes Napoleon’s law code brought to France?
Question 1 options:
It strengthened the power of the clergy.
It preserved traditional French society.
It furthered women's rights.
It stated that all citizens were equal before the law.
Question 2 (2 points)
What was the goal of the Continental System?
Question 2 options:
Convert all of Europe to Catholicism.
Conquer Russia.
Cut off trade between Britain and France's allies in order to cripple Britain's economy and making it easier for Napoleon to defeat the English.
Codify laws throughout Europe. (Codify means to classify or arrange into a system)
Question 3 (2 points)
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the Americans?
Question 3 options:
President Jefferson threatened to create an alliance with Great Britain in order to gain access to the port city of New Orleans.
He could focus on his European campaigns instead of the colonies.
He gained $15 million in order to fund the French military.
All of the above.
Question 4 (2 points)
Napoleon's coup d'etat overthrew the ____________to establish the consulate.
Question 4 options:
Louis XVIII's monarchy
Legislative assembly
Directory
Austrian monarchy
Question 5 (2 points)
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was
Question 5 options:
based on feudalism.
designed to benefit the nobility and keep the middle class from obtaining high-ranking positions.
based on ability only, not birth or rank.
given to those Napoleon favored, but revoked as soon as they fell out of favor.
Question 6 (2 points)
Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church did all of the following EXCEPT
Question 6 options:
Recognize Catholicism as the majority religion in France
Restore some stability to France
Return church lands to the pope and clergy
Make those who had purchased land his supporters
Question 7 (2 points)
The Russians defeated Napoleon's Superior Grand Army by
Question 7 options:
retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
splitting their forces in half and attacking on both sides.
making an alliance with Britain, who launched an attack on Paris, which forced Napoleon to retreat.
waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter.
Question 8 (2 points)
How did the spread of nationalism contribute to the downfall of Napoleon?
Question 8 options:
It united the conquered peoples in their hatred of Napoleon's invasions.
The conquered people saw the power and strength of national feelings.
Both A and B.
None of the above.
Question 9 (2 points)
Which of Napoleon's policies were not aligned with the gains of the French Revolution?
Question 9 options:
All citizens were equal before the law
Opening government jobs to more people
Shutting down 60 of 73 newspapers
All of the above.
Question 10 (2 points)
Where did the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoleon for the final time?
Question 10 options:
Moscow, Russia
London, England
Paris, France
Waterloo, Belgium