USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
love of one’s country instead of native region is ____, this was spread by Napoleon
A
Pessimism
B
Optimism
C
Liberalism
D
Nationalism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte increased nationalistic tendencies both at home and abroad. In France, he unified the law with the 1804 Napoleonic Code and boosted morale through military victories. His enemies abroad strengthened their own national unity as they worked to fight Napoleon or chafed at their defeat.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his time, Napoleon Bonaparte of France commanded the ideological environment which made nationalism grow and helped to turn the idea of the ‘nation’ into one of the most powerful political forces in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -After penetrating the new countries of Latin America, it spread in the early 19th century to central Europe and from there, toward the middle of the century, to eastern and southeastern Europe. At the beginning of the 20th century, nationalism flowered in Asia and Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nationalism is the unique identity people share with one another based upon common language, religion, or national symbols. Napoleon created a nationalism in the countries that he attacked because they all hated him and the conquered people started feeling nationalism for their own countries.

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