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Chapter 1: German Peculiarities Flashcards

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This man is known for bringing about the founding of the Germain Empire in 1871. Often seen as an extreme representation of Prussian nobility having come from the Junker class of aristocratic nobility.

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Otto von Bismarck

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The period of discontent in Germany during the 1840s was nicknamed this; and provided an emerging generation of intellectuals, students, lawyers and local politicians with grounds for revolution.

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Hungry Forties

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Following the establishment of the German Constitution along classic liberal lines in 1848, this occurred.

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Parliament was unable to control Austrian and Prussian militaries.

State monarchs pushed back and crushed revolution in Autumn of 1848.

German Confederation was re-established and leaders of revolution were silenced.

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FAMOUS PHRASE in response to German aristocracy crushing liberal revolution: “German history had reached its turning point…

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… and it had failed to turn.”

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In response to pressure of liberals in Germany the following changes were made…

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Trial by jury in an open court

Equality before the law

Freedom of business enterprise

Abolition of most forms of state censorship of literature and press

The right to assembly and association

Power to elect legislative assembly with some power to create legislation and generate funding

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Bismarck’s appointment as Foreign Minister by Wilhelm I was for this reason …

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Power of legislative assembly was being used to block Prussian military funding.

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Following their defeat of France, the German Empire was proclaimed at this site in France…

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Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles

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Bismarck engineered the Second Reich by …

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Allying with Austria in the annexation of Denmark territory.

Creating subsequent conflict with Austria by disputing the administration of this annexed territory.

Defeating Austria decisively in military conflict that followed.

Declaring the Northern German Confederation void of Austrian participation.

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The word “reich” was important to educated Germans because …

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They saw themselves as successors of the Roman Empire and as the vision of God’s empire on earth.

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This was absent from the German Empire’s constitution…

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A declaration of human rights and civic freedoms.

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The titular head of the German Empire derived from the latin word ‘Caesar’.

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Kaiser

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German word for parliament…

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Reichstag

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The following powers were reserved for the Monarch and not the reichstag…

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Ability to dismiss government and its ministers

Matters of war and peace

Administration of the army

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The Reich Chancellor was sworn not to the ________ but to the _______.

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Reichstag - Monarchy

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WHO SAID IT: The Bismarckian Reich can be described as a ‘bureaucratically constructed military despotism, dressed up with parliamentary forms, mixed in with an element of feudalism yet at the same time already influenced by the bourgeoisie.’

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Karl Marx

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One of the main areas of power in German society during were these feudalistic land owners …

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The Junkers

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These two events led to the diminishment of Junker and military power in Germany during the 19th century…

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End of serfdom

Defeat of Prussian military in Napoleonic Wars

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Bismarck’s Austro-Prussian war of 1866 brought this territory into Germany and expelled which …

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Kingdom of Hanover (assimilated); Austria and Bohemia (expelled)

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Bismarck’s defeat of France brought this territory into the German Empire…

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Alsace-Lorraine

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While Bismarck is known for his aggressive campaigns during the 1860s, his tenure as Chancellor saw…

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Two decades of peace within Europe and the consolidation of German power.

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In response to papal efforts to assert further control over the Catholic population, Bismarck did the following…

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Instituted measures to require clergymen to undergo training at state institutions and submit their clergical appointments.

Arrested those who disobeyed these rules resulting in many parishes being without representation.

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This party formed due to Bismarck’s persecution of the Catholics within Germany…

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Catholic Centre Party

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In response to two assassination attempts on Wilhelm I, Bismarck did the following…

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Implemented the Anti-Socialist law which effectively robbed those possessing socialist views of their rights and freedoms.

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In response to the Anti-Socialist laws and the industrialization of the late 19th and early 20th century, this party became the most prominent in Germany prior to WW I …

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Social Democratic Party

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Despite their relative modesty, the Social Democrats refused to work with any capitalist promoting political party, even those of the left, due to this reason …

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Liberals openly supported the repressive measures of the Anti-Socialist laws and therefore could not be trusted.

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WHO SAID IT: o The German Social Democrats would never launch a successful revolution in Germany because when they came to storm the railway stations they would line up in an orderly queue to buy platform tickets first.

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Vladimir Lenin

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Prior to the First World War there were two mainstream Liberal parties in Germany, they were …

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National Liberals and the Progressives

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The main reason for separate Liberal parties dated back to this decision made by Bismarck …

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The Progressives refused to forgive Bismarck for collecting taxes without parliamentary approval in the 1860s.

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Prior to the First World War there were two mainstream Conservative parties in Germany, they were …

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Conservatives and Free Conservatives

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The __________ were against Bismarck’s attempts to unify the German Empire and maintained their separate identity.

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Free Conservatives

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This was the second largest party in Germany prior to the First World War. They vied for support on the right and supported social welfare while holding critical views of African colonialism.

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Catholic Centre Party

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Many saw Bismarck’s Reich as incomplete because…

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It included significant amounts of ethnic and cultural minorities.

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Evans states the the combination of the following backwards problems contributed to Germany’s unique struggles during the beginning of the 20th century…

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Deficit of civic values

Antiquated social structure

Craven middle class

Neo-feudal aristocracy

History: The Coming of the Third Reich (Evans) (9 decks)

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