French History Test Modern

Immigration

people from north Africa go to France bringing their culture

The socialist experience

1981: Mitterand becomes socialist president industries + banks are industrialized

1995: End of the socialism w/ Jacque Chirac

United Europe 1992

easier to travel, new laws, new passports

The Euro

replaces francs used other European countries

TGV + Channel Tunnel

high speed train (200km/h) channel Tunnel makes travel to England easier ( Eurostar)

Bercy Arena

sports, concerts, pyramid shape

Louvre + Glass pyramid

underground parking there’s shops and galleries

Mussee d’orsay

old decorated trian station turned into art museum

Centre Pompidou

modern art center

Opera Bastille

built near old Bastille : shows modern works

La defense

rectangular arch that celebrates 200yr from revolution

WWI 1914-1918

england, France ally because they want Alsace Lorraine back , modern war, help from America leads to victory for allies, ends w/ treaty of Versailles + Armstice

Period between the wars ( 1918-1939)

France is weakened by looses, political tension between conservatives + communists, Germany = weak —> Hitler , Hitler invades Czecoslavkia + Poland

WWII ( 1939-1945)

France is occupied, France is humiliated, Charles de Gaulle leads french troops Force Francais Libres

French Resistance

Happens en secret tres dangereux

D-Day aka Debarquement de Normandie

June 6, 1944 Angelo American troops Debarquement en France assurent la liberation

The Marshall Plan

economic aid from les Allies reconstruction

Decolonisation

1957- De Gaulle gives independence to former French African colonies