Booklet 1

Question 1

1815

Answer 1

Congress of Vienna consolidates 360 German states into 38 separate states loosely affiliated under the German confederation.

Question 2

1867

Answer 2

North German confederation founded after Prussia’s victorious war over Austria in 1866.
June: Creation of the National Liberals Party.

Question 3

1870

Answer 3

Formation of the Catholic Centre party.

Question 4

1871

Answer 4

Independent southern states combine with North German Confederation after victorious war over France in 1870 to form the united German empire under Kaiser Wilhelm 1.
Bismarck launches the kulturkampf against the Catholic church in Germany.
March: First Reichstag elections - National Liberals the most popular party with 30.1% of the vote.

Question 5

1874

Answer 5

January: Second Reichstag elections - Nationals Liberals the most popular party with 29.7% of the vote.

Question 6

1875

Answer 6

Socialist worker’s party founded.

April: Berliner post publishes ‘is war in sight?’.

Question 7

1877

Answer 7

January: Third Reichstag elections - National Liberals the most popular party with 27.7% of the vote.

Question 8

1878

Answer 8

July: Fourth Reichstag elections - National Liberals and Centre Party tied with 23.1% of the vote each.
October: Anti-socialist legislation introduced which prohibits socialist meeting in Germany.

Question 9

1879

Answer 9

Bismarck brings the Kulturkampf to an end.

Reichstag votes to introduce protective tariffs on some imported goods.

Question 10

1880

Answer 10

Split in the National Liberals and the creation of the Liberal Union party.

Question 11

1890

Answer 11

March: Otto Von Bismarck resigns as chancellor of Germany and is replaced by Caprivi.

Question 12

1892

Answer 12

German flag adopted.

Question 13

1894

Answer 13

The Bavarian Chlodwig Zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst becomes the first non- Prussian chancellor of Germany.