Development 1890-1914 Flashcards

1
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What did Caprivi’s Prussian school Bill do?success of failure?

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Restored church privileges. Failure. This alienated some political parties

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2
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Why did Hohenlohe’s concentration policy fail?

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Polarised Germany

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3
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When was the anti-subversion bill thrown out of the Reichstag?

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1895

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4
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What is Hohenlohe’s and Bulow’s Weltpolitik

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Colonial expansion

Unite people to overcome Reichstag problems

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5
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What is Hohenlohe’s Summlungspolitik

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Aligning parties against socialism

Divided Germany to favour the kaiser of socialists.

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6
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What was the Bulow Block?

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Correlation party between parties that supported the Weltpolitik

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7
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How many seats did the Bulow block get in 1907?

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216

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8
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How did the 1907 election cause problems for Bulow?

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The Centre party wanted to oppose him

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9
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What was the Eulenburg affair?

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a scandals within members in Wilhelm II’s govt having homosexual relations

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10
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What newspaper did the Chancellor state that Germany was anti-British?

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The daily Telegraph

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11
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How did Benthmann-Hollwig try to reform the Prussian Parliament? Success or failure?

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Change three class voting system in 1910

Defeated by progressive who thought it was not fair enough, and conservatives.

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12
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What was the Erfurt Affair?

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SPD manifesto

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13
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How much did it cost to increase the size of the German army in 1913?

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435 million RM

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14
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How did the Chancellor fund the increase in the size of the German army in 1913?

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Defence taxes were increased

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15
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What was the national debt in 1913?

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490 million RM

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16
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How many votes of no confidence that the Chancellor received after the Zabern affair?

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293

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17
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What did they say about affair suggest about the government and the military

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Culture of militarism

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18
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What were economic associations of similar trade is called?

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Cartels

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19
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How much did Germany’s population increase from 1871 to 1914?

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50 million

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20
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Describe three reasons for German economic development

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Growth in agriculture

Growth in industrialism

Unification

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21
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Name one German entrepreneur from 1871 to 1914?

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Benz

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22
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What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1880s?

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Agriculture was 40%

Industry was 35%

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23
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What was the GNP share for both agriculture and industry in the 1914?

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Agriculture 25%

Industry was 45%

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24
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What two groups make up the elites?

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Junkers and new industrialists

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25
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What was the average life expectancy for a factory worker in the 1880s?

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23

26
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Give one reason why life got harder for peasants?

A

There was a higher demand for mechanical and chemical products

27
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How much of the population live in cities in 1890?

A

47%

28
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Give one way in which life improved for the workers

A

Higher employment rates

29
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How much of the German banking system was owned by Jews in 1880s?

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45%

30
Q

Which right-wing pressure group was partially anti-Semitic?

A

Pan German league

31
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What was the name of the umbrella organisation that campaign for women’s rights?

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BDF

32
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What was the woman’s question?

A

Women being promiscuous

33
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Why were some women worried about women’s influence?

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Female exploitation

34
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What was the name of the military plan to invade through Belgium to attack France?

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Schliefen plan

35
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What year was the war council held?

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1912

36
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Why did the war council cause tension?

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No peoples representatives were allowed to attend, Willhelm II saw it as ‘too important‘.

37
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What was Caprivi’s tariff reforms? Success or failure?

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It reduced agriculture protectionism, made grain producers bitter and frustrated. Failure

38
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What was the national debate 1913?

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The Zabern affair, where in alsance-Lorraine civilians were imprisoned after an incident.

39
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What was Caprivi’s Army Bill? Success or Failure?

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Chief of staff calling for an increase in army reserves. Managed to convince reichstag with Septinnial law. Success

40
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Why did Caprivi resign?

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Wilhelm II withdrew Prussian School Bill

Wilhelm II wanted an Anti-Socialist Subversion Bill, then he resigned in 1894

Caprivi was an independently minded chancellor.

41
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What was Hohenlohe’s Navy Law.

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Increased naval subsides.

Promoted by kaiser

42
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What was Bulow’s tariff reform? When was it instated? Success or failure?

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reversal of caprivi’s tariff reduction.

Creates steel and rye alliance with the junker class

unpopular with working class people

43
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Why did Hohenlohe resign?

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A disagreement between the chancellor and kaiser over colonial policy provided the chancellor with an excuse to resign in 1900

44
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Why did Bulow Resign?

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Damaging interview with the daily telegraph and chancellors reaction to it resulted in his resignation in 1909

45
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When does the SPD become the largest party in the reichstag?

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1912

46
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When was the Pan-German League established?

A

1891

47
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When was the Agrarian League established?

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1893

48
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When was the industrialists League established?

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1895

49
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When was the Navy League established?

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1898

50
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When was the Imperial League against Social Democracy established?

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1904

51
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When was the Army League Established?

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1912

52
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Coal production 1871, 1890, 1913

Million’s of tonnes

A

1871 - 29.4
1890 - 109.3
1913 - 191.5

53
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Name a successful policies of Caprivi

A

Army bill

54
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Name two successful policies of Hohenlohe

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Navy Law

Weltpolitik

55
Q

Name two successful policies of Bulow

A

Weltpolitik

Social reforms

Tariff reform

56
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Name two failed policies of Benthmann-Hollwig

A

Three class voting system change

57
Q

Name a failed policies of Caprivi

A

Prussian School Bill

58
Q

Name a failed policies of Hohenlohe

A

Summlungspolitik

59
Q

Name a failed policies of Bulow

A

Social reform

Tariff reform

60
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What was Caprivi’s social reforms? Success or failure?

A

increased time workers could get insurance.

Popular with workers

the junker class had to pay more tax for longer.