5.10 Continuity and Change in the Industrial Age

Question 1

What were three changes made in Germany under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck that improved the rights of working class Germans.

Answer 1

1. Workers’ accident compensation insurance
2. Unemployment Insurance
3. Old age pensions

Question 2

Were Otto Von Bismarck’s reforms limited to Germany?

Answer 2

No, many other industrialized nations adopted these reforms. Von Bismarck made his reforms to prevent greater changes by socialists in his country, but his changes influenced most of the industrialized world.