What did Louis-Napoléon establish in 1852?
The Kingdom of France
The First French Republic
The Second French Empire
The Batavian Republic
Answer
Louis-Napoléon established the Second French Empire in 1852. He had become president of the French Second Republic in 1848, and he had used his popularity to stage a coup d'état in 1851. The Second French Empire was a more authoritarian regime than the Second Republic, and Louis-Napoléon ruled as an emperor until he was overthrown in 1870.
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