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Flashcards by olivia.parson, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| When was Germany unified? | 1871 |
| Give examples of why Germany can be described as an autocracy 1900-1918 | army accountable to kaiser only kaiser appointed and dismissed chancellors chancellor not accountable to reichstag forced Bulow to resign dissolved the Reichstag in 1906 |
| Give examples of germany being democratic 1900-918 | increasing assertiveness of reichstag e.g 1906 budget Reichstag Trade union membership increased Daily Telegraph Affair 1908 |
| When was the Hottentot election? | 1907 |
| what was the Hottentot election? | SPD and centre parties joined forces to vote against the budget as opposed of gov's colonial policy in Africa |
| When was the Daily Telegraph Affair? | 1908 |
| What was Tarriff policy? | 1902 law which restore agricultural tariffs to 1892 levels as it was a conservative policy |
| What was the Bulow Bloc? | voting bloc created by Bulow of all the non-socialist parties |
| What fraction of German Reich territory did Prussia occupy? | 2/3 |
| What was the Landtag? | Prussia's regional assembly |
| Why did the reich rely on Prussian civil service? | only states could raise direct taxes or indirect taxing lead to a lack of funds |
| Name 3 reforms in the second reich | sickness insurance law old age pension law accident insurance law |
| by how much did the economy expand 1890-1914 per year? | 4.5% |
| how much did coal and iron production increase by 1900-1914 | x2 |
| German steel production exceeded Britains by when? | 1900 |
| Steel Production increase by how much 1890-1914 | 9 fold |
| Germany produced how much of the worlds electrical goods in 1913? | 50% |
| what % of the population lived in urban areas by 1910? | 60% |
| How many inhabitants did Berlin have 1910? | 2 million |
| When was the boom in trade union membership and how many members did they have? | 1913 over 3million |
| where was there an abundance of coal? | Ruhr, Saar and Silesia |
| Where was there an abundance of iron-ore? | Alsace-Lorrain |
| Long term reasons for economic success in the reich? | population raw materials geography |
| short term reasons for economic success? | education banks protection |
| SPD seats 1912 | 110 (28%) |
| When was the Zabern Affair? | 1913 |
| what % of the cost of war was met by taxation? | 16% |
| how much did the war cost? | £8.4million |
| how much did the mark decline by 1913-18? | 75% |
| how many soldiers were killed ww1? | 2 million |
| how many soldiers were injured ww1? | 6.3million |
| when was the turnip winter? | 1917 |
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