political specific facts 1871-1914 (just 1890+ for now)

Question 1

how old was Wilhelm when he became the Kaiser in 1890?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

what happened in 1908 to General Hulsen?

Answer 2

he was made to wear a tutu for a post dinner ballet performance but collapsed and died mid dance

Question 3

what was involved in the ‘new course’ that Caprivi set out?

Answer 3

-end to Anti-Socialist Laws
-reduction in tariffs
-more influence in policy makers for ministers
-recognition of trade unions

Question 4

what years was Caprivi chancellor for?

Answer 4

1890-1894

Question 5

what did Caprivi say when he resigned?

Answer 5

‘you cannot imagine how relieved I was to get out of here’

Question 6

how old was Holenlohe when he became chancellor in 1894?

Answer 6

75

Question 7

how did the Kaiser describe Holenhole?

Answer 7

his ‘straw doll’

Question 8

what years was Hohenlohe chancellor for?

Answer 8

1894-1900

Question 9

what political party’s offices in Berlin raided and leaders put on trial? (under Hohenlohe)

Answer 9

SPD

Question 10

what year did the Kaiser become very interested in Weltpolitik?

Answer 10

1897

Question 11

what African country did Germany claim?

Answer 11

Namibia

Question 12

what did the Kaiser say about ‘Weltpolitik’

Answer 12

he wanted his own ‘place under the sun’

Question 13

what brutal regimes did the Kaiser’s weltpolitik lead to?

Answer 13

-Herero Uprising 1904
-Maji Maji Rebellion 1907
-First and Second Moroccan Crisis

Question 14

when did Hohenlohe resign and why?

Answer 14

1900 following dispute over colonial policy

Question 15

what was Bulow’s nickname?

Answer 15

‘the eel’

Question 16

what did Bulow abandon?

Answer 16

aggressively anti socialist laws of Sammlungspolitik

Question 17

what social reforms did Bulow introduce?

Answer 17

• extension of accident insurance, 1900
  -law making industrial courts compulsory in all large towns, 1901
  -extensions of the prohibition of child labour in 1903

Question 18

which parties made up the Bulow bloc?

Answer 18

Conservatives, Agragarian League, Liberals

Question 19

what did National Debt do between 1900-1908?

Answer 19

double

Question 20

why was the Bulow bloc formed?

Answer 20

to avoid reliance on the Zentrum party

Question 21

what year was the Euelenburg Affair?

Answer 21

1906

Question 22

what was the Eulenburg Affair?

Answer 22

Journalist Maximillian Harden published articles exposing high ranking homosexuals in the army with similar accusation against Wilhelm’s close friend Prince Eulenburg

Question 23

what were the consequences of the Eulenburg Affair?

Answer 23

• damaged Bulow as he too was homosexual
• damaged Wilhelm’s reputation at home and abroad

Question 24

what years was Bulow chancellor for?

Answer 24

1900-1909

Question 25

what years was Bethmann Hollweg chancellor for?

Answer 25

1909-1917

Question 26

what did Bethmann have a tough task doing?

Answer 26

fixing the budget deficit with demands of military expenditure and constant demands of left wing

Question 27

what year was the Zabern affair?

Answer 27

1913

Question 28

what happened in the Zabern affair?

Answer 28

In December 1913 there were reports that citizens of Zabern (Alsace) were treated harshly by the army after protesting against army behavior. Wilhelm was seemingly accepting of these actions and suggested he thought the military could do as it pleased with no regards for the rule of law

Question 29

what were the numbers for Bethmann’s vote of no confidence?

Answer 29

293 to 54

Question 30

did Bethman leave after his vote of no confidence?

Answer 30

no, the Kaiser kept him in office

Question 31

where did the 1871 constitution place the final authority?

Answer 31

the Kaiser

Question 32

what happened when a chancellor lost the Kaiser’s confidence?

Answer 32

they would be removed from office

Question 33

what was the camarillo?

Answer 33

a political circle of aristocrats

Question 34

who was at the centre of the camrallio?

Answer 34

Eulenburg

Question 35

who was von Holstein?

Answer 35

a strong right-wing nationalist who took control of foreign affairs from 1890

Question 36

who was Holonhole?

Answer 36

a Bavarian aristocrat. He was a Catholic but disliked the Zentrum

Question 37

what did Wilhelm’s court circle believe about Weltpolitik?

Answer 37

had the power to unite people of different backround and origins and so overcome the difficulties that government was facing in the Reichstag

Question 38

what was the alliance of steel and rye?

Answer 38

fostered nationalist sympathies in direct opposition to socialism and the demands of the working class

Question 39

what were the Pan-German League’s aims?
set up in 1891

Answer 39

-to unite ethnic Germans around the world
- to acquire colonies
-to suppress socialism and democracy

Question 40

what were the Navy League’s aims?

Answer 40

-to promote naval expansion
-to develop popular support for the navy
- to put pressure on the Reichstag to pass naval bills
- to promote the growth of colonies

Question 41

who deliberately encouraged the Navy League

Answer 41

the Kaiser, so he could win support for naval bills

Question 42

what has the 1890s been described as?

Answer 42

the period of the ‘masses’ because people truly began to have their voices heart in politics

Question 43

who was Caprivi?

Answer 43

served in the wars of German unification and was chief of the Imperial Admiralty from 1883 until 1888. he was an intelligent man and held mildly progressive views. however, during his time as chancellor he found it hard to control the Reichstag.