On December 2, 1851, Louis Napoleon seized power in France, subsequently proclaiming himself emperor. He was able to acquire supreme power for all of the following reasons except:

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Louis Napoleon, who became Napoleon III, did not execute tens of thousands of opponents to acquire supreme power. His rise to power involved posing as a populist, using the military to dissolve the parliament, and securing a strong mandate from the voters, but mass executions were not a tactic he employed to consolidate his rule.

On December 2, 1851, Louis Napoleon Seized Power in France