Second Reich developments Flashcards

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Economic growth

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Economy expanded by 4.5% per year 1890-1914
Coal and iron production double
Germany’s share of world trade equal to britains 1914
German steel production exceeded britains 1900

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New industries

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Daimler and diesel
Aeg and Siemens
1913 Germany produced around 50% of the worlds electrical businesses
Synthetic dyes and pharmaceuticals

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Industrial economy

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Growing working class
GNP ride from 33% to 42%
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4
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Improved transport

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Trains, tramways and trolley buses

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5
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Urbanisation

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Population boom
1910 60% of population lived in urban areas
Hamburg and Munich exceed half a mill 1910
Berlin 2 million
Overcrowding and homelessness

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Poor standards of living

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Created a boom in trade unions- 3 million 1913

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Class tensions

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Working class in conflict with industry owners over pay and conditions at work
Junkers were dominant in society
Owners of industry worried about socialism
Mittelstand found their living standard threatened by new industries
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Developments from the left

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Growing working class led to expansion of left wing
SPD saw their support increase
1912 28% of vote

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Developments from the right

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Rise in nationalist politics with elements in the German Conservative party (DKP)
pressure groups sought to protect social elite from free market and to promote nationalism

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