Bismarck’s Germany (Dates And Figures)

Question 1

What was Bismarck’s famous quote about how he brought the states together?

Answer 1

‘In 1871 I had an Empire, but by 1879 I had a nation’

Question 2

When was Bismarck chancellor of Germany?

Answer 2

1871-90

Question 3

What was life expectancy in big cities in 1880?

Answer 3

40

Question 4

How did the percentage of city dwellers change between 1871-90?

Answer 4

1871 - 36% city dwellers
1890 - 47% city dwellers

Question 5

How many seats did the SPD win in 1877?

Answer 5

12 seats

Question 6

When were the SPD created?

Answer 6

1863

Question 7

How many were sentenced to death or hard labour under anti-socialist laws?

Answer 7

15,000

Question 8

When was Bismarck’s (state socialism) Old age and disability endurance?

Answer 8

1889

Question 9

When was Bismarck’s (state socialism) Health insurance?

Answer 9

1888

Question 10

What percentage of the population were non-German nationals in 1871?

Answer 10

10%

Question 11

How many states were there when Bismarck united Germany?

Answer 11

26

Question 12

What percentage of the population were protestant?

Answer 12

60%

Question 13

Who are an example of industrial bourgeoisie?

Answer 13

The Krupp family?

Question 14

What is the figure for the Krupp families changing employment (reflecting industrialisation)?

Answer 14

9000 employees in 1871, 13000 employees in 1873, 75000 in 1887

Question 15

How many Jews and Poles did Bismarck expel in 1885-6?

Answer 15

34,000

Question 16

How much did steel and coal production grow between 1871-90?

Answer 16

Steel: 1871 - 0.3 (million tonnes), 1890 - 2.2 (million tonnes)
Coal: 1871 - 38 (million tonnes), 1890 - 89 (million tonnes)

Question 17

When did Germany win the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 17

1870

Question 18

What other countries had adopted tariffs in the late 1870s?

Answer 18

France, Austria, Russia

Question 19

How many seats did the National Liberals lose the the 1878 elections?

Answer 19

29

Question 20

What was Bismarck’s protectionism act?

Answer 20

1889 Tariff Act

Question 21

When did Bismarck propose the Army automatically get 400,000 men a year?

Answer 21

1874

Question 22

What is the term for the army budget being fixed every 7 years by the Reichstag?

Answer 22

Septennates

Question 23

What was the name of Pope Pius’s writing condemning the National liberals? When was it?

Answer 23

• ‘syllabus of errors’
  -1864

Question 24

What were the main Kulturakampf laws? When were they?

Answer 24

• The ‘May laws’ 1873 (catholic education under state supervision, financial aid to Catholic Church stopped, state appointment of clergy)

Question 25

Who was the second largest Reichstag party in 1871?

Answer 25

The Zentrum (catholic party)

Question 26

How did the centre party’s seats change between 1871-74 (kulturkampf)

Answer 26

58 seats in 1871, 91 seats in 1874.

Question 27

When did the Kulturkampf end?

Answer 27

1878 when Pope Pius IX died.

Question 28

What was the term for Bismarck’s leadership style?

Answer 28

Realpolitik

Question 29

What was the name of Bismarck’s speech about Prussian strength?

Answer 29

Blood and Iron speech

Question 30

What percentage of Germany was Prussia? How much territory did they have?

Answer 30

60%, 2/3 of territory

Question 31

What did August Babel say about the reichstag?

Answer 31

That it was ‘the fig leaf of despotism’

Question 32

What majority was needed for decisions in the Bundestag? What did Prussia have? What did others have?

Answer 32

• 14 was needed, Prussia has 17, Bavaria had 6 and everyone else only had 1!