Practice Identifications
A)GRADE the following answers. Use a 10-point scale.
B)JUSTIFY your grade. What specific CHARACTERISTICS make some answers better than others? What can be done to improve the weaker answers?
1)Napoleon was a French revolutionist who set out to dominate and conquer Europe. He declared himself Napoleon III as emperor of France. Although he did not survive in his plans, he played an influential role in determining the balanced power of each European country which set Europe in place for future events of major historical significance. [6]
2)Napolean III began calling himself Emperor Napolean III which changed the government in France from constitutional monarchy to absolute monarchy. He was elected by a large rural electorate and him being elected meant the end of the French Revolution in 1848. People liked him because he had no experience or part in the June Days which was a violent time of street corner activism, large demonstrations, and the formation of a National Assembly which was a conservative assembly formed to deal with the rise in radicalism. He was the nephew of the famous Napolean I. [7-8]
3)Napolean the III was a great military leader in Europe who was the president of France. After many upheavals within the government Napolean III claimed himself emperor. [6]
4)Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte III was elected as a French President in 1848. His election marked the end of the revolution of 1848. In 1851 he revised the constitution and was elected for a second term. He declared himself to be an emperor. Was the nephew of Napoleon I and called himself Napoleon III because Napoleon’s son died before he could take his father’s place. [6-7]
5)The nephew of Napoleon I. He was involved with the rebellion of 1848 in France. Napoleon III gave himself the title III and declared a sort of monarchy in France. [6]
6)Napoleon II came to power shortly after the French Revolution where he dubbed himself emperor of France. Napoleon’s reign was based on the military conquest of Europe. He appealed to the French because of his nationalistic stance that all other nations were “below” France. Napoleon came close to conquering Europe, but his supply line had become too long. [4-5]
7)Napoleon came into a French Republic to serve as there new leader in 1848. He brought a name for the people because of his uncle Napoleon I. He took France from a Republic when he deemed himself Napoleon the III on his uncle’s anniversary. He expanded French territory building up armies like his predecessor. He formed his ideas and thoughts with the people and changed mind frames throughout his rule. He married and had one kid in which his wife watched over. He lost rule when his army was overtaken by Prussia in 1870. [7]
8)Napoleon III named himself that changing the government to more of an absolute monarchy. One of his major targets was Russia. He promised not to restrict voter eligibility and revised the constitution so that presidents could serve more than one term. He then easily won for a second term. His main goals were to overcome the containment of France imposed by the Congress of Vienna, realize continental politics to benefit France, and acquire international glory like a true Bonaparte. He had a quest to connect the Mediterranean and the Black Sea with the Suez Canal but was overthrown by the French after Prussia easily defeated his army. [9]
9)Napoleon III was a French guy who thought he was better than Napoleon I, so he added two to his name. His nickname was Nappy the Third and he had a cool mustache and beard. [0-3]