France: the Third Republic and its domestic policy
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 3 differences between a monarchy and a republic and give a French example.
In a monarchy power can be inherited, in a republic it is elected; one ruler versus several bodies; France was a republic from 1870 and an empire in 1852–1870.
2
List 3 social measures of the French government in the 1880s.
Secular free compulsory education, girls’ lycées, the right to form trade unions (1884).
3
Why should trials be open? Write 3–4 sentences using the Dreyfus Affair.
Openness allows evidence to be checked and errors corrected; a closed trial could convict an innocent person on forged documents.
4
Calculate: Dreyfus was convicted in 1894 and cleared in 1906. After how many years?
1906 − 1894 = 12 years.