Government and opposition (1888-1914) 2

Question 1

What war did the Kaiser fear?

Answer 1

a war with France and Russia - bitter about Alsace Lorraine

Question 2

What is the 1892 Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 2

a military strategy in case of a two front war that required military expansion

Question 3

What is the navy league?

Answer 3

a league supported by the Kaiser that aimed to win support for naval bills

Question 4

What did the navy league gain finances for?

Answer 4

• 38 battleships
• 8 battle cruisers
• 24 cruisers

Question 5

What is the Pan-German league?

Answer 5

• a pressure group that supports:
• suppression of socialism
• unity of Germans worldwide

Question 6

What is the Hottentot election?

Answer 6

1907 election that fought on the issue of support for Bulows policies in South-West Africa (Bulow bloc)

Question 7

What is the Daily telegraph scandal?

Answer 7

-1908
-Kaiser gave interview suggesting that Germans were anti-British

Question 8

What was a consequence of the Daily telegraph scandal?

Answer 8

worsened relations with Britain

Question 9

What was the SPD influencing?

Answer 9

• welfare reforms
• progressive taxation
• constitutional change

Question 10

What did the SPD provide the working class?

Answer 10

a sense of identity