The “Red Virgin” of Montmartre, Louise Michel, led a contingent of women in defending one of these structures at the Place Blanche during Bloody Week. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these defensive structures used to block Marshal Bugeaud’s troops during the 1848 Revolution. The widening of Parisian streets during Haussmann’s (“ohss-MAHN’s”) renovations likely diminished the effectiveness of these structures.
ANSWER: barricades [or barriers; prompt on blockades; or roadblocks; prompt on forts; or fortifications]
[10e] Barricade guards helped popularize the “Commune” version of this patriotic song in 1871. The fédérés of its eponymous city first sang this song, which the National Convention first adopted as France’s national anthem.
ANSWER: “La Marseillaise” [or “The Marseillaise”]
[10h] A Polish general with this surname died defending a barricade as Commander-in-Chief of the Communards. Another general with this surname founded a predecessor of the Vistula Legion and names a mazurka that became Poland’s anthem.
ANSWER: Dąbrowski (“dome-BROFF-skee”) [or Dombroski; accept Jarosław Dąbrowski or Jaroslav Dombroski; accept Jan Henryk Dąbrowski or Jean Henri Dombrowski; accept Dąbrowski Legions; accept Dąbrowski’s Mazurka]
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