Urban working Class Flashcards
What did Bismark introduce to improve workers and when?
Sickness insurance in 1883 which provided 13 weeks pay to 3 million workers
How much did wages increase by in Bismarks Germany but what did this still not mean?
25% 1895-1915, but living conditions were poor and 30% of families still lived in poverty
Who improved rights of workers in Bismarks Germany and when?
1891, Chancellor Caprivi prohibited Sunday work, children under 13 couldn’t work and women didn’t have to work more than 11 hours per week
How much did real wages increase by in Weimar and when?
9% in 1927 and 12% in 1928
What was built in Weimar to alleviate crowding?
2 million new homes
How did the Great Depression affect Weimar?
9 million were unemployed by 1933
What did workers benefit from in Nazi germany?
Public works schemes like RAD and rearmament but at the expense of their rights as trade unions were banned
How much did the working class grow by under the Nazis?
10% from 1929-1939 as Nazis prepped for war
What was the attitude of workers under the nazis?
Despite being underrepresented worker discipline was high
When did urbanisation grow in west Germany?
1945-1990
Due to urbanisation in west Germany what happened to rural communities?
23% in 1950 to 8% in 1970
What increased urbanisation during West germany and by how much?
Post war economic miracle, 75% of population lived in urban areas by 1980
What was introduced to west Germany in 1950?
Guest workers, who were foreign workers that did electrical and ship building work. They had little rights and created and underclass of workers
How many guest workers were there by 1873 when it was ended?
14 million
