Development 1890-1914 Flashcards
What did Caprivi’s Prussian school Bill do?success of failure?
Restored church privileges. Failure. This alienated some political parties
Why did Hohenlohe’s concentration policy fail?
Polarised Germany
When was the anti-subversion bill thrown out of the Reichstag?
1895
What is Hohenlohe’s and Bulow’s Weltpolitik
Colonial expansion
Unite people to overcome Reichstag problems
What is Hohenlohe’s Summlungspolitik
Aligning parties against socialism
Divided Germany to favour the kaiser of socialists.
What was the Bulow Block?
Correlation party between parties that supported the Weltpolitik
How many seats did the Bulow block get in 1907?
216
How did the 1907 election cause problems for Bulow?
The Centre party wanted to oppose him
What was the Eulenburg affair?
a scandals within members in Wilhelm II’s govt having homosexual relations
What newspaper did the Chancellor state that Germany was anti-British?
The daily Telegraph
How did Benthmann-Hollwig try to reform the Prussian Parliament? Success or failure?
Change three class voting system in 1910
Defeated by progressive who thought it was not fair enough, and conservatives.
What was the Erfurt Affair?
SPD manifesto
How much did it cost to increase the size of the German army in 1913?
435 million RM
How did the Chancellor fund the increase in the size of the German army in 1913?
Defence taxes were increased
What was the national debt in 1913?
490 million RM
How many votes of no confidence that the Chancellor received after the Zabern affair?
293
What did they say about affair suggest about the government and the military
Culture of militarism
What were economic associations of similar trade is called?
Cartels
How much did Germany’s population increase from 1871 to 1914?
50 million
Describe three reasons for German economic development
Growth in agriculture
Growth in industrialism
Unification
Name one German entrepreneur from 1871 to 1914?
Benz
What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1880s?
Agriculture was 40%
Industry was 35%
What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1914?
Agriculture 25%
Industry was 45%
What two groups make up the elites?
Junkers and new industrialists