USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

NAPOLEONIC WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did promotion work in Napoleon’s new bureaucracy?
A
Your ranking in the Estates-General
B
Depended on how well Napoleon personally liked you
C
based on ability/intelligence/skill
D
It favored the nobility and prevented opportunities for the Third Estate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -4. Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was based on ability only, not rank or birth.

Detailed explanation-2: -4. What abilities made Napoleon a great leader according to the speaker? A He was a master planner while keeping his goals in mind.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon Bonaparte had a great influence on French law and French bureaucracy. He created a bureaucracy where advancement in the bureaucracy was based on merit as a civil servant. Promotions based on social rank or privileged birth were abolished.

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