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Question 1

Economic transformation

Answer 1

-motor factories began( opal cars)
-mechanised farming began
-1835 first railway trip
-3rd largest economic power in 19th century
-until 1880 agriculture account for 35-40% of Gnp but in 1914 industrial and commercial took over
-pop inc (50 mill 1890- 68 mill in 1914)
-uni enrollments rose from 28000-60000 1890-1914
-1907 procured over 1 mill tons of sulfric acid, 1879 1 mill was globally
-production in electrical engery increased by 150% 1901-15
-1913 controlled 1/3 of world electrical trade, exported 11 mill of electrical goods vs USA 8 mill

Question 2

Economic transformation

Answer 2

-motor factories began( opal cars)
-mechanised farming began
-1835 first railway trip
-3rd largest economic power in 19th century
-until 1880 agriculture account for 35-40% of Gnp but in 1914 industrial and commercial took over
-pop inc (50 mill 1890- 68 mill in 1914)
-uni enrollments rose from 28000-60000 1890-1914
-1907 procured over 1 mill tons of sulfric acid, 1879 1 mill was globally
-production in electrical engery increased by 150% 1901-15
-1913 controlled 1/3 of world electrical trade, exported 11 mill of electrical goods vs USA 8 mill

Question 3

Agricultural changes

Answer 3

-1907 35% pop employed in agriculture (4x more than Britain)
-producing 40 mill tons of potatos
-rural labour fell due to mechanised farming
-junkers produced rye and beet
- peasent farmers produced cereal, fruit and dairy
- 60% of Germany’s exported went to Britain France and Russia

Question 4

Social changes 1871-1914

Answer 4

-pop inc to 68 mill
-infant mortality rate fell from 25% to 15% in 1912
-compolsory immunisation against small pox in 1874
-life expectancy went from 36 (m) to 45 if born in 20th cent
-1/3 of pop has no railway access
-1907 Berlin had more than 2 mill ppl
-1885-1913 wages rose by over 30%
- typical working day was 9 1/2 hrs
-1/3 of pop lived at or below poverty line in 1914
- Berlin homeless shelter accommodate 200,000+ men a year
-1914 3 mill trade union members
-inc in white collar workers
- bourgeoisie golden age
- women not expected to work after marriage
- 1.25 servants in 1907
- patriarchal society
-illegal abortion