Projecting a Greater France SQ2; pg. 49-54
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 May 6, 1931 | Opening date of the French Colonial Exhibition |
| Bois de Vincennes; Paris | France's Colonial Exhibition opened at __________ in _____ |
| 4 years | Time it took to prepare the French Colonial Exhibition |
| 110 hectares | Scale of the exhibition |
| President Gaston Doumergue | This guy was driven to the exhibition, escorted by a squadron of colonial cavalry in full dress uniform |
| 100 | The motorcade was accompanied by a ___ gun salute |
| Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, United States, Italy, Netherlands, and Portugal | These countries all sent exhibits to the French Colonial Exhibition |
| Prince Lanza di Scalea | Mussolini's minister of colonies. Praised the "Homeric Odyssey of the white race... transforming, barbaric continents into civilised regions." |
| Paul Reynaud | France's minister of colonies |
| economic exploitation, military glory, religious crusade | What three things did people use to project the empire? (essentially the three G's) |
| The Right | Fixated on the recovery of Alsace-Lorraine (annexed by Germany). Attacked colonialism as a "millstone" |
| 1870-1871 | Years of the Franco-Prussian war |
| The Left | Denounced colonialism as a diversion from the class struggle |
| vital psychological moment | WWI was seen as this |
| taxes and recruits | During the war, these two things created a close bond between French people and the colonies |
| monopolistic | The war cemented this kind of mentality |
| Algerian invasion; Tunisia | The Colonial Exhibition marked the 100th anniversary of ______ and the 50th anniversary of the annexation of ________ |
| 110 million | What was the population of France at this time? (time of the Exhibition) |
| Marshal Hubert Lyautey | Who was in charge of the Colonial Exhibition project? |
| white; en brosse | Lyautey's moustache was ____ and his hair cut __ _______ |
| Wall Street Crash in 1929 | The economic necessity of empire was reinforced by the impact of what? |
| excite the popular imagination, stress the economic necessity of empire, and project France's civilizing mission | The Exhibition had to do these three things |
| beginning; gilded statue of France | The triumphal arch of the French Colonial Exhibition was found at the ______, followed by a ____________ |
| the high-point | The majestic reconstruction of the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat was considered... |
| weekends | Entry to the Colonial Exhibition was restricted to what? |
| aquarium, zoo, fairground, belly dancers, snake charmers, and native musicians | Visitors could find all these things in the Exhibition |
| 24,762 | Number of colonial troops from West Africa killed in WWI |
| stamp collection | This was released to coincide with the opening of the Exhibition |
| postcards, photographs and prints | Widely disseminated to stimulate popular interest (3 things) |
| L'Illustration | A monthly magazine that produced a special Exhibition edition |
| 8 million | How many people passed through the turnstiles in the months following the opening of the Exhibition? |
| communists and surrealists | Two political groups who opposed the Exhibition |
| pink | In the 1920s and 1930s, every classroom had a map marking out the empire in this color |
| Jean Renoir, Michel Bemheim, and Pierre Colombier | Famous French filmmakers who used the empire as a colorful backdrop |
| Juilan Duvivier | French filmmaker who made the famous film, Pépé-le-Moko |
| 1937 | Year Pépé-le-Moko was released |
| Jean Gabin | Who played the gangster, sharp-suited Pépé? |
| Algiers casbah underworld | Pépé was king of what |
| Arab policeman Slimane | Who was Pépé's adversary in the movie? |
| noise and smell | These two elements of the casbah unhinge Pépé psychologically |
| suicide | How does Pépé's life end in the conclusion of the film? |
| labor for wages | According to the colonial authorities, work meant what? |
| 42,000 | How many forces labourers of the Ivory Coast were used to construct the Abidjan-Ferkessedegou railway line? (1921-1930) |
| 16,000 | How many forces labourers of the Ivory Coast were used in timber felling and plantation work? |
| 127,250 | How many were press-ganged into building the equatorial railway from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville? (1921-1932) |
| 13,100 | How many died from disease and undernourishment? |
| 500; none | In Senegal, ___ Africans were involved in export-import in 1900. By 1930, there were ____ |
| 1/3; quadrupled | By 1939, ___ of exports went to the empire, whilst colonial investment had ______ |
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