Problems Facing the Kaiser Flashcards
1
Q
What were the main problems for the Kaiser?
A
- growth of parliamentary government
- demands for reform
- impact of foreign policy
2
Q
What were most of Germany’s political parties at first?
A
- right-wing
- tended to work together to pass government laws
3
Q
What type of new parties developed in Germany?
A
- left-wing
- began to gain support
- became more important
4
Q
What is an example of a left-wing political group?
A
- Social Democratic Party
- SPD
- supported by growing number of German workers
5
Q
What were the negatives of Germany industrialising?
A
- workers in new urban areas lived in poor and overcrowded conditions
- low pay
- long hours
6
Q
What did the poor living conditions lead to?
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- increase support for SPD
- increase support for demands for change
7
Q
What did left-wing liberals want?
A
- parliamentary democracy
- reduce kaiser’s power
- increase Reichstag power
8
Q
What did the SPD want?
A
- improve lives and working conditions of ordinary people
9
Q
What did Wilhelm II pass to help achieve Germany become a world power?
A
- Navy Laws
10
Q
What were the Navy Laws?
A
- increased size of German navy
11
Q
What issues did the Navy Laws lead to?
A
- higher taxes for ordinary people (dreadnoughts were expensive)
- conflict with other European powers (contributed to Anglo-German naval race)
12
Q
What were the Kaiser’s responses to the issues a mixture of?
A
- reform
- repression
13
Q
Which of the Kaiser’s responses were reform?
A
- Sunday working banned
- food prices lowered
- improved pension and workers’ insurance
14
Q
Which of the Kaiser’s responses were repression?
A
- harassment and arrest of left-wing party leaders
