The
June Days Uprising was an uprising staged by the workers of France from 23 June to 26 June 1848. It was in response to plans to close the
National Workshops, created by the
Second Republic in order to provide work and a source of income for the
unemployed; however, only low pay, dead-end jobs were provided, which barely provided enough money to survive. The National Guard, led by General
Louis Eugène Cavaignac, was called out to quell the protests. Things did not go peacefully and over 10,000 people were either killed or injured, while 4,000 insurgents were deported to
Algeria. This marked the end of the hopes of a "Democratic and Social Republic" (
République démocratique et sociale) and the victory of the
liberals over the
Radical Republicans.