Germany:
The Quest For Political Stability

What is the Kaiserreich?

When and where was it proclaimed and following what event?

What did the constitution for the new German Empire incorporate?

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Describe the power William I had
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Describe the role of the chancellor
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What was the power of the Reichstag?
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Describe the Bundestrat
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When was the North German Confederation created?

Why didn't Bismarck press for unification in 1866?

So which states retained independence?

Give a reason why the Kaissereich was autocratic

Give a reason why the Kaiserreich was democratic

Give 6 reasons why the newly unified Germany had Prussian dominance

How could you argue it wasn't Prussian dominated?

What was Bismarck in 1871?

What were the two main things that gave him a strong position?

How did Bismarck stop the threat of rivals to his position?

Who did Bismarck rely heavily upon?

What were three limitations to Bismarcks power?

How do historians view Bismarck?

Where did Bismarck want power to be within Germany?

What could it be said that the constitution gave little room for?

How did Bismarck view the Reichstag?

He was only prepared to work with the Reichstag on what conditions?

What methods was Bismarck prepared to use to get what he wanted?

How did Reichstag politicians from 1871-90 have a difficult task?

Who was August Bebel and what did he say about the Reichstag?

Why did the Reichstag have more power than both Bismarck and Bebel realized?
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Who did Bismarck see as enemies of the state?

Why was the army basically prussian?

What were the four largest states in the German army following Prussia?

Who did Prussian-German officers have loyalty to?

What did conscription mean?

How did common Germans see the army?

What did uniforms encourage?

How was the army virtually independent?

How does bismarck describe William I in his memoirs?

Why was German far from united after the unification?

What Alsace-Lorraine contain?

What is the term used to describe Bismarcks approach to politics/.

When was the liberal era?

What was the liberal era?

State useful legislation brought about in the liberal era
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How were relations between Bismarck and the national liberals?

How did the Army Budget cause conflict between Bismarck and the national liberals?

How did Bismarck react to the National liberals opposing the army budget? and then how did it conclude?

When did the national liberals have the highest number of seats in the Reichstag, alternatively when we the lowest?

When did the the centre party have the highest number of seats in the Reichstag, alternatively when we the lowest?

Between 1871-1890, what percentage of the German population were Catholic?

Give two examples of acts Bismarck made against the minorities

How could it be said that bismarck didn't rely solely on repression of minorities?

in the early 1870's who did Bismarck leave the economy to?

What happened in 1879 in regards to free trade?

Who had the majority in 1879 in the Reichstag?

Describe the events of the 1879 tariff bill

The centre party and the national liberals determined to frustrate Bismarck’s attempt to make the government less dependant on the states and the Reichstag, what did they do?

When was the SPD formed?

What was the desired aim of the SPD?

How many votes did the SPD win in 1877?

What bill did Bismarck pass in 1876?

When was the first assassination attempt on William I?

What political implications did this first assassination attempt have?

What happened a week later?

What did Bismarck do in 1878?

How did Bismarck get his way in the new Reichstag?

Name 3 things the anti-socialist bill supported

Between 1878 and 1890, how many socialists were imprisoned?

How did Bismarcks anti-socialist law backfire?

What other method did Bismarck use as well as repression to stop socialism?

When did the first of Bismarcks state socialist act become law and what was it?

Which act followed this and when?

What was the third and final anti-socialist act?

How successful was state socialism?

Which year did bismarck suffer political set backs?

What happened in the 1884 election?

What did bismarck ask in 1886?

What happened in 1887?

What did Bismarck furiously declare about the army?

How did Bismarck get the Septennates?

Describe Bismarcks fall

When did William die?

Why were Wilhelm and bismarck soon in conflict?

Describe Bismarcks dismissal

Who were the four Wilhelmine chancellors?

What year was Caprivi chancellor?

In what year was Hohenloe chancellor?

in what year was Bulow chancellor?

In what year was Bethmann-Hollweg chancellor?

How were these chancellors different from Bismarck?

How did the Bundestrat change in the Wilhelmine era?

What happened to right wing parties after 1890?

What can be said about the centre party in the wilhelmine era?

What can be said about the SPD in the Wilhelmine era?

Why was the SPD in the Wilhelmine Era far form united?

What was the minimum programme?

What were interest groups?

Describe the Pan German League

Who was Schlieffen and what did he say?

Describe the position of the army in 1913

Why did the army retain its right wing contempt?

Was Wilhelms Germany autocratic of democratic? Assess this

What famous incident happened in 1906 and what did this prove?

Why did some people not like the German army?

By 1914, how many men belonged to ex-servicemens organizations?

By the 20th century, what had nationalism become?

when did the German constitution extend total civil equality to jews?

In 1900 why did the the Jewish population held significance in German?

Why did militant german nationalists dislike Jewish people?

Who was Caprivi?

What social reform did Caprivi do?

What social members did Caprivi do?

What was Caprivi's tariff reform?

who opposed the tariff reform?

what was caprivis army bill?

what happened when this bill was defeated?

Why did Caprivi fall from power?

Who was prince Hohenlohe?

What happened in 1897 in terms of Socialism?

why did the government decide on Weltpolitik in 1897?

What was the German naval expansion?

when was the naval bill carried out and with how many votes?

What was the hard labour bill?

Was the hard labour bill accepted?

Who was Bulow?

What financial problems did Bulow face?

What was the Eulenburg affair?

What was the Daily Telegraph affair?

Describe Bulows fall

What budgetary problems did Bethmann-Hollweg encounter?

what happened in terms of the prussian constitution?

What was the zabern affair?

What two strengths did Germany have in the army?

what advantage did Germany and Austria have?

why were the allies stronger?

in total, how many German men were conscripted?

how many people died of hypothermia in 1918?