battle of waterloo

Question 1

bonaparte was promoted to commander of the interior and given command of the army of italy

Answer 1

firing on the mob
saving the directory

Question 2

directory used __ as the best expedient for prolonging their power

Answer 2

war

Question 3

conscription

Answer 3

mandatory military service

Question 4

confident and secure enough napoleon declares himself __ in 1804

Answer 4

emperor

Question 5

military innovations

Answer 5

artillery
the corps
grand armee
spy network

Question 6

accuracy was improved through the introduction of __, which is a graduated mass measure that enabled the gunner to sight the gun on a target

Answer 6

tangent sight

Question 7

napoleons reasons for breaking his army into smaller units

Answer 7

move faster and father
prevent the enemy from determining it true objectives

Question 8

receives lion share of criticism for defeat at waterloo

Answer 8

michel ney

Question 9

when facing a foe superior in numbers split the enemy into separate parts, each of which could then be eliminated in turn

Answer 9

the central position

Question 10

napoleons greatest victory

Answer 10

battle of austerlitz

Question 11

napoleons attempt to isolate Great Britain by forbidding any nation from trading with them

Answer 11

the continental system

Question 12

napoleons Vietnam

Answer 12

the peninsular war

Question 13

it would become one of the greatest disasters in military history

Answer 13

russia

Question 14

first abdication

Answer 14

elba

Question 15

the last victory of the military career of napoleon bonaparte

Answer 15

the battle of ligny

Question 16

the first duke of wellington

Answer 16

arthur wellesley

Question 17

hougoumont chateau

Answer 17

to pin wellingtons right
to draw reinforcements away from wellingtons centre-left position

Question 18

following the defeat of d-erlons corps, ney had few infantry reserves left

Answer 18

ney therefore tried to break wellingtons centre with cavalry alone

Question 19

wellingtons army responded by

Answer 19

forming squares

Question 20

neys cavalry also failed to

Answer 20

spike the british cannons

Question 21

the decisive moment; undefeated

Answer 21

imperial guard

Question 22

napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled

Answer 22

saint helena

Question 23

results of the battle

Answer 23

1. the loss forever ended napoleons reign as the tyrant of Europe
   2.europe will not engage in a destructive war of this nature for 100 years
   3.the loss secures france’s demise and prussia’s rise as the dominant power of the continent