Multiple choice

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

  1. through the assassination of Louis Napoleon.

  2. when the army overthrew the Republic in a coup.

  3. through a bloody revolution in Paris.

  4. when the French voted for the restoration of the empire.
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Explanation

After his term as president ended, Louis Napoleon staged a coup and then used a plebiscite to gain popular approval for the restoration of the empire. The French people voted overwhelmingly to make him Emperor Napoleon III.

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