Section 12.2 Rise and Fall of Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of the ​ (a)   in France and used his ​ (b)   to take control of the government.

• chaos
• power
• revolution
• elections
• influence
• family

Napoleon became a general in

• 1793.

• 1804.

• 1799.

• 1815.

In 1799 Napoleon supported the overthrow of the unpopular

• Directory.

• Committee of Public Safety.

• National Assembly.

• Estates General.

____ consuls led the new government.

• Three

• Four

• Five

Match the following

• the others aside to become first consul.

• Napoleon then turned

• emperor in 1804.

• Napoleon became

• the position into dictator of France.

• Napoleon served

• as one of the three consuls.

• Napoleon quickly pushed

To win the support of the French people, Napoleon signed peace treaties between France and

• Britain.

• Austria.

• Spain.

• the Netherlands.

Public works projects initiated by Napoleon included all of the following except

• the building of roads.

• the building of bridges.

• the building of canals.

• the building of Notre Dame.

To stabilize ​ (a)   and enhance ​ (b)   Napoleon founded the Bank of France.

• currency
• trade
• economy
• taxes
• diplomacy
• power

Napoleon developed an improved​ (a)   and stabilized the ​ (b)   both of which had long plagued France.

• tax system
• national debt
• estate system
• Estates General
• monarchy

Napoleon also established a system of ___________ and placed it under the guidance of the University of France.

• public education

• private education

• religious education