Political opposition under Bismarck

Question 1

When did Bismarck want the Reichstag’s support for a 10% taxation increase?

Answer 1

1886

Question 2

What was the tax increase for?

Answer 2

Military growth

Question 3

What was one of the things Bismarck had to do to get the increase?

Answer 3

A fake war scare

Question 4

What was the second thing Bismarck had to do?

Answer 4

Dissolve the Reichstag

Question 5

Did the Reichstag’s opposition pose a threat?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

from which year did the Reichstag act hostile towards Bismarck?

Answer 6

1881

Question 7

What percentage of the Reichstag acted this way?

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

what did the Reichstag do alongside the hostility?

Answer 8

Challenged every decision, which made Bismarcks job a lot harder

Question 9

Summarise the kulturkampf

Answer 9

the kulturkampf was an attack on catholics and the centre party.

Question 10

What did Kulturkampf cause

Answer 10

Disunity in Germany

Question 11

Which kind of people disobeyed the anti socialist law?

Answer 11

Catholic Priests

Question 12

How many out of 10,000 submitted to the new legislation

Answer 12

only 30

Question 13

When did Bismarck try to pass an even more, stricter and more permanent ban on the socialists?

Answer 13

1890

Question 14

which month did he try to pass the even more strict ban?

Answer 14

October

Question 15

What backfired?

Answer 15

Bismarck’s hopes of destroying the Zentrum Party

Question 16

Why did it ultimately fail?

Answer 16

Bismarcks underestimation over the support from the Catholics