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Name: ___________________________________________________________
Period:_____
Web Search: Napoleon
Navigate to the class web page. www.sonomavalleyhigh.org/andygibson.html
Click on “WEB RESOURCES”, and find the web search for Napoleon. Using the links provided, answer
the questions on this web search.
If the class website is down, please go to http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html
This is worth a total 50 of points and is due at the end of the period.
PART I
1. Where was Napoleon from?
2. Why did he hate France?
3. Why did he eventually have to leave Corsica the second time?
4. How did he gain military fame?
5. Why did Napoleon fire on a French crowd?
6. How did he feel about it afterwards?
7. Once he was emperor, how did he support the natural rights given in the French constitution?
8. How was the press (newspapers) affected?
9. How did he use propaganda to his advantage? (Art, The Press)
10. Where did he spend his final days / years?
PART II
11. How did Napoleon feel about the French Revolution?
12. Why did Napoleon support Robespierre?
13. Why was France now at war with Austria, Prussia, Spain, and England?
14. What did Napoleon do to “save” the Italians in Milan from Austria?
15. Why did Napoleon say the revolution was over? Why might people have been relieved?
16. Why did Napoleon make Catholicism the official religion of France?
17. How did he spread the ideas of the French Revolution to other countries?
18. How did he help or hurt democracy in France? (Your opinion. Be specific!)
19. What was the significance of having Pope Pious VII come to Paris?
20. What did Napoleon do for his brothers that contradicted the ideas he had spread to other
countries?
21. After his defeat, exile, and death, how did he redeem himself?
PART III
22. In his first Italian campaign, how did Napoleon fight that made him so successful?
23. Why was his Egyptian campaign a disaster? (Even though he made it look successful?)
24. Explain how his army was devastated by the Russian Campaign.
25. Why do you think Napoleon lost at Waterloo?
EXTRA CREDIT: (5 Points)
Do you think Napoleon was a hero or a villain? Use as many details to justify your answer.