Napoleon/Napoleonic Wars Test B

What is a Coup d’État?

• seizure of power 
• a gathering of naval ships for battle
• when the economic declines
• when the leader becomes a dictator 

During the Continental system, Napoleon banned Europe from trading with

• Britain
• Spain
• Russia
• Portugal

Which of the following helped Napoleon rise to power?

• His eloquence

• His military successes

• His reform of tax laws

• His style and grace

Which of the following events led to Napoleon's downfall?

• The invasion of Russia

• The creation of the Netherland

• The Congress of Vienna

• the Guillotine

Who took governmental control and named him self emperor?

• Robespierre
• Marat
• Napoleon
• Danton

Napoleon's final defeat in June of 1815

• Battle of Moscow
• Battle of Paris
• Battle of Trafalgar
• Battle of Waterloo

The French people welcomed Napoleon because…

• they hoped he would fix the famine that France was experiencing
• he completely disagreed with the ideas of the French Revolution
• he was the son of King Louis XVI
• he promised to bring law and order to France after the chaos of the Reign of Terror

Who crowned Napoleon emperor in 1804?

• The Pope
• He crowned himself
• The King of France
• The people voted him Emperor

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After his initial defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of ______; his second exile was to the island of _________.

• St. Helena; Elba
• Elba; Corsica
• Elba; St. Helena
• Corsica; St. Helena

Why did Josephine marry Napoleon?

• Love

• Arrangement

• Security

• They were never married