Second Republic and so forth and what not... Flashcards
1830-1848
July Monarchy Louis-Philippe
1848
Second Republic
1848 elected by popular suffrage
Louis Napoléon (Napoléon III)
Industrial Revolution inventions…
Railroads, steam engines and consumer goods improved lives but also mass weapons made.
1852-1870
Second Empire. Railroads, industry, modern banking, Haussmanization of Paris.
Napoléon III helped France by
setting up labor unions, factories, hospitals for poor, school reforms, expanded women’s education, promoted Suez Canal
Items made widely available during Industial Revolution
Chocolate, sugar, coffee (no longer just for rich), perfumes, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers
Napoleon III tried to die in battle but surrendered to
Prussian leader Bismark in 1870
1885
Jules Ferry education is obligatory, secular and free
1898 Dreyfus Affair
Captain Dreyfus accused of selling secrets to Germans, split France- left vs right , trial for treason lasted 12 years