1. Division and Democracy in France
CHAPTER 8 SECTION 3

2. France Under Napoleon III
Who’s Napoleon III?
Ruled like a dictator
Censorship
Rigged elections
Promoted investment and industry
Rails and urban renewal
French Ferdinand de Lesseps organized building of Suez Canal
Began democratic ideas
Franco Prussian War
Ended French domination
Third Republic formed

3. The Third Republic Rebels declared end to the Second Republic
1871: Surrendered Alsace and Lorraine to Germany for loss in Franco Prussian War

4. The Third Republic Third Republic Lasted 70 years
Two house legislature
Chamber of Deputies—males voted
Senate
President—elected by Senate and chapter of Deputies
Premier—Prime Minister had most power
More than 2 parties
Alliance to elect people

5. The Dreyfus Affair 1894: Alfred Dreyfus accused of spying for Germany
Rooted in anti-Semitism
Convicted
Life in prison on Devil’s Island
Emile Zola
J’Accuse he charged the army and government with suppressing the truth
Accused of libel
Exile

6. The Dreyfus Affair 1906: Dreyfus dismissed Anti-Semitism
1800s on the rise again
Lower classes developed this outlook
Dreyfus and Herzl called for Jewish state
Herzl launched Zionism, or the movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in Palistine

7. Reforms in France Laws on wages, hours and safety conditions
Free schools
Repressed Catholic Church’s influence
Church and state separate
After 1945Women right to vote