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What did Caprivi’s Prussian school Bill do?success of failure?

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Restored church privileges. Failure. This alienated some political parties

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Why did Hohenlohe’s concentration policy fail?

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Polarised Germany

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When was the anti-subversion bill thrown out of the Reichstag?

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1895

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What is Hohenlohe’s and Bulow’s Weltpolitik

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Colonial expansion

Unite people to overcome Reichstag problems

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What is Hohenlohe’s Summlungspolitik

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Aligning parties against socialism

Divided Germany to favour the kaiser of socialists.

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What was the Bulow Block?

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Correlation party between parties that supported the Weltpolitik

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How many seats did the Bulow block get in 1907?

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216

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How did the 1907 election cause problems for Bulow?

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The Centre party wanted to oppose him

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What was the Eulenburg affair?

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a scandals within members in Wilhelm II’s govt having homosexual relations

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What newspaper did the Chancellor state that Germany was anti-British?

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The daily Telegraph

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How did Benthmann-Hollwig try to reform the Prussian Parliament? Success or failure?

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Change three class voting system in 1910

Defeated by progressive who thought it was not fair enough, and conservatives.

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What was the Erfurt Affair?

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SPD manifesto

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How much did it cost to increase the size of the German army in 1913?

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435 million RM

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How did the Chancellor fund the increase in the size of the German army in 1913?

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Defence taxes were increased

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What was the national debt in 1913?

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490 million RM

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How many votes of no confidence that the Chancellor received after the Zabern affair?

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293

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What did they say about affair suggest about the government and the military

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Culture of militarism

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What were economic associations of similar trade is called?

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Cartels

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How much did Germany’s population increase from 1871 to 1914?

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50 million

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Describe three reasons for German economic development

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Growth in agriculture

Growth in industrialism

Unification

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Name one German entrepreneur from 1871 to 1914?

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Benz

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What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1880s?

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Agriculture was 40%

Industry was 35%

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What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1914?

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Agriculture 25%

Industry was 45%

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What two groups make up the elites?

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Junkers and new industrialists

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What was the average life expectancy for a factory worker in the 1880s?
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Give one reason why life got harder for peasants?
There was a higher demand for mechanical and chemical products
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How much of the population live in cities in 1890?
47%
28
Give one way in which life improved for the workers
Higher employment rates
29
How much of the German banking system was owned by Jews in 1880s?
45%
30
Which right-wing pressure group was partially anti-Semitic?
Pan German league
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What was the name of the umbrella organisation that campaign for women’s rights?
BDF
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What was the woman’s question?
Women being promiscuous
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Why were some women worried about women’s influence?
Female exploitation
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What was the name of the military plan to invade through Belgium to attack France?
Schliefen plan
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What year was the war council held?
1912
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Why did the war council cause tension?
No peoples representatives were allowed to attend, Willhelm II saw it as ‘too important‘.
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What was Caprivi’s tariff reforms? Success or failure?
It reduced agriculture protectionism, made grain producers bitter and frustrated. Failure
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What was the national debate 1913?
The Zabern affair, where in alsance-Lorraine civilians were imprisoned after an incident.
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What was Caprivi’s Army Bill? Success or Failure?
Chief of staff calling for an increase in army reserves. Managed to convince reichstag with Septinnial law. Success
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Why did Caprivi resign?
Wilhelm II withdrew Prussian School Bill Wilhelm II wanted an Anti-Socialist Subversion Bill, then he resigned in 1894 Caprivi was an independently minded chancellor.
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What was Hohenlohe’s Navy Law.
Increased naval subsides. Promoted by kaiser
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What was Bulow’s tariff reform? When was it instated? Success or failure?
reversal of caprivi’s tariff reduction. Creates steel and rye alliance with the junker class unpopular with working class people
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Why did Hohenlohe resign?
A disagreement between the chancellor and kaiser over colonial policy provided the chancellor with an excuse to resign in 1900
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Why did Bulow Resign?
Damaging interview with the daily telegraph and chancellors reaction to it resulted in his resignation in 1909
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When does the SPD become the largest party in the reichstag?
1912
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When was the Pan-German League established?
1891
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When was the Agrarian League established?
1893
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When was the industrialists League established?
1895
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When was the Navy League established?
1898
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When was the Imperial League against Social Democracy established?
1904
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When was the Army League Established?
1912
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Coal production 1871, 1890, 1913 | Million’s of tonnes
1871 - 29.4 1890 - 109.3 1913 - 191.5
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Name a successful policies of Caprivi
Army bill
54
Name two successful policies of Hohenlohe
Navy Law Weltpolitik
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Name two successful policies of Bulow
Weltpolitik Social reforms Tariff reform
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Name two failed policies of Benthmann-Hollwig
Three class voting system change
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Name a failed policies of Caprivi
Prussian School Bill
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Name a failed policies of Hohenlohe
Summlungspolitik
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Name a failed policies of Bulow
Social reform Tariff reform
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What was Caprivi’s social reforms? Success or failure?
increased time workers could get insurance. Popular with workers the junker class had to pay more tax for longer.

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