WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the guillotine used for?
A
public executions
B
medical procedures
C
civil lawsuits
D
public education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The guillotine is most famously associated with revolutionary France, but it may have claimed just as many lives in Germany during the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler made the guillotine a state method of execution in the 1930s, and ordered that 20 of the machines be placed in cities across Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792.

Detailed explanation-3: -The guillotine was a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded. This device was invented by Dr. Guillotin.

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