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When was the German Confederation set up?

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1815

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How many states was the Holy Roman Empire reduced to, to form the German Confederation?

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From 360 to 39

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What did Prussia introduce which Austria did not join, allowing Prussia to hold more power in the German Cofederation?

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Free-trade area or Zollverein

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Who was the leader of Prussia? When did they enter office?

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Otto von Bismarck
1862

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What was Bismarck’s main aim?

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Unite all other German states under Prussian leadership and exclude Austria from German affairs

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What did Bismarck famously say about unification?

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Unification would not be bought about “by speeches and the resolutions of majorities but by blood and iron”

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7
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When were the unification wars in Germany?

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1864
1866
1870-71

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8
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Which states had there own Kings?

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Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg

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How were states divided by religion?

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South and West were Catholic -Bavaria
North and East were Protestant - Prussia

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What was the issue with forming the German Confederation?

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-A loose collection of states whose only cooperation was trade and a common defence policy
-All had own sovereignty and weren’t used to being controlled by another power
-Most didn’t consider themselves ethnically German

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Who ruled the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein?

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Danes

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What was the Schleswig-Holstein issue?

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The Danes wanted Schleswig but Germany wanted both

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Who was the new Danish King who incorporated Schleswig into Denmark, and when?

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Christian IX
1863

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Who did the Germans want as ruler of the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein?

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Frederick, Duke of Augustenburg

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What had been the agreement over Schleswig-Holstein?

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War in 1848 agreed that the Danish King would rule the region but not incorporate it into Denmark

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How was the Schleswig-Holstein agreement violated?

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-Prussia and Austria formed an alliance in 1864, response to Christian IX incorporating the region into Denmark
-Prussia and Austria received the region

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17
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Which areas of Schleswig-Holstein did Austria and Prussia gain?

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Austria = Holstein
Prussia = Schleswig

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When did Austria and Prussia go to war? Over what?

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June-July 1866 (7 weeks war)
Over the Schleswig-Holstein affair

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Who won between Austria and Prussia? Where was the decisive battle?

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Prussia won
Battle of Koniggratz

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What treaty led to the creation of a German state (North German Confederation)?

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Treaty of Prague

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Which 4 states remained independent of the North German Confederation?

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Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt

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Fraction of Germans in the North German Confederation?

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2/3

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Who did the Spanish offer their throne to, and when, which upset the French?

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Prussian Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern
1870

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Why did the French dislike the Spanish throne being ruled by a Prussian?

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Fearful of being surrounded by Prussian influence

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When was the Franco-Prussian war?

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1870-71

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Where were the French defeated and when?

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Battle of Sedan
September 1870

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27
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Where and when did some French revolutionaries continue fighting?

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Paris
Until January 1871

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When and where was German unification declared, forming the German Empire?

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18th January 1871
Palace of Versailles

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Where else did Bismarck take as compensation for the war with France?

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Alsace-Lorraine
£200 000

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Who was Prussia’s leader in the Austro-Prussian war?

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General Moltke

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31
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How many more troops did Austria have than Prussia in the Austro-Prussian war?

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400 000 troops = Austria
300 000 troops = Prussia

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32
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What was the role of the Kaiser?

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-Appoint or dismiss government/Chancellor
-Could dissolve or summon the Reichstag
-Controlled foreign policy and armed forces
-Could interpret the constitution

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33
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Who elected the members of the Reichstag, and how often?

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All men over 25
Every 5 years

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What was the main power of the Reichstag?

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Control over the budget

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Who mainly made up members in the Reichstag?

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Junkers - members weren’t paid so independent wealth was required

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36
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What fraction of representation did the Junkers receive, despite making up what % of people?

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1/3 of votes
5% of people

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What was the role of the Chancellor?

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-Proposed new laws to the Reichstag
-Not dependent on Reichstag support to stay in power - could ignore them
-Chaired the Bundesrat

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38
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How many members in the Bundesrat and how were they elected?

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58 members
Nominated by state (Lander) assemblies

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39
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Where were the Bundesrat members from?

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17 = Prussia
6 = Bavaria
Smaller states had 1 each

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What was the main power of the Bundesrat?

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Could veto legislation passed by the Reichstag with just 14 votes

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Name the 4 main political parties at this time?

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National Liberals
Centre Party (Catholics)
German Conservative Party
SAPD

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When were the SAPD banned and why?

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1878
Failed attempt to assassinate the Kaiser

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43
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When did the SAPD return? How many members did they have?

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1890
1 million members

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Who were the National Liberals?

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Party of the Protestant middle class - main priority was to build a strong German state, and second aim was to build a liberal constitutional state - backed Bismarck up to 1878

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Who were the SAPD?

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Socialist workers’ party with close links to trade union fought for social reforms

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Who were the German conservative party?

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Mainly Prussian landowners (Junkers)
Disliked unification an supported Bismarck after 1878

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47
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Fraction of the new German Empire who were Catholic?

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1/3

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48
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How many royal rulers were there in the 1870s?

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22

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49
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What happened to these royal rulers under the new constitution?

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Integrated the royal families of the former German Confederation under the rule of the Kaiser, but were still given substantial powers - move towards a federal state but still maintained some regional autonomy to maintain freedom and ownership

50
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What systems were standardised under the new constitution?

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-Standard measurements and weights, and a single currency (mark)
-National legal system
-National civil service
-German railways system linked states

51
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When was the German flag finally created?

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1892

52
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Which 4 states’ armies made up the German army?

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Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg

53
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How many Lander were there under the 1871 constitution?

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25

54
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Which German Lander was very reactionary and didn’t have an elected assembly until 1918?

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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

55
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Which German Lander was very liberal in its constitution?

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Bavaria

56
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What did Lander maintain control over?

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Education, transport, direct taxation, policing and health

57
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What were the Southern states in Germany allowed to retain unlike the Northern ones, due to Bismarck having made deals with the South?

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Own railways and postal systems
Exempt from taxes on beer and spirits

58
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What policies did the federal government set out?

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National tariffs
Controlled banking system
Set German foreign and economic policy

59
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% of people in the lowest tax bracket, with what fraction of voting power?

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85%
Could elect 1/3 of Parliament

60
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Who was the Chancellor of Germany between 1894-1900? Why was this significant?

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Bavarian, Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe- Schillingsfurst

61
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Who did the National Liberals mainly represent?

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Educated and wealthy middle class
Did well in Saxony, Hanover, Baden and the industrial Rhineland
Mouthpiece of Prussian dominance

62
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Where was the Z party’s strongest support from?

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Bavaria, Baden, Rhineland, Silesia and Polish population in eastern Prussia

63
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Who did the National Groups represent?

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Poles, Danes and French that lived in Germany

64
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% of vote won by the National Groups in 1874?

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10%

65
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% of vote the SAPD attracted during the 1870s?

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7%

66
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How long were German men conscripted into the army for?

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2-3 years

67
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What was the idea behind compulsory conscription?

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Instil Prussian values of discipline, loyalty, pride in the military and patriotism

68
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Who and when agreed that the military budget should remain fixed outside of Reichstag control until when?

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Bismarck and the National Liberals in 1867
Until 1872

69
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When was the fixed budget extended to following the Franco-Prussia war?

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1874

70
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How large an army would be automatically financed by federal expenditure under the law in 1874?

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400 000 men

71
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% of federal expenditure spent on the army?

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80%

72
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Military budgets were fixed for how long at a time?

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7 years at a time

73
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Who led the National Liberals?

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Rudolf von Bennigsen

74
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What did the National Liberals believe in?

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-Free trade
-Single economic system with no protectionist policies

75
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% of vote the National Liberals had in 1871?

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30.1%

76
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% of vote the National Liberals had in 1874?

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29.7%

77
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Why did Bismarck work with the National Liberals?

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-Wanted to keep the educated, middle class voters happy and distracted from his resistance to greater democracy
-Both feared the Catholic support for the Z party - seen as threat to national unity

78
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When and why did tensions between Bismarck and the National Liberals develop?

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Mid-1870s
Bismarck refused to extend parliamentary power in the Reichstag - particularly on the left-wing of the party

79
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What did Bismarck do following an economic crash, when?

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Decided to try and split the National Liberals to work with the more right-wing members
Crash in 1873

80
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What did Bismarck introduce which saw the National Liberal’s vote slump to what and when?

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-Introduction of tariffs to protect German farmers and industry which opposed the free trade ideology
-23.1% in 1878

81
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When did the National Liberals split completely? What further event allowed this?

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August 1880 into the Conservative National Liberal Party and Liberal Union
Further tariff bill in 1879

82
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When and with who did the Liberal Union merge to form the German Free-Minded Party?

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1884
Progressive Party

83
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What was the downside to the National Liberals splitting?

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Bismarck found it increasingly difficult to gain support for policies in the Reichstag, particularly as he openly opposed the Z Party, who were now the largest party

84
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When was the Syllabus of Errors? What did it do?

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1864
Introduced to reassert the spiritual dominance of the Pope, who would control education, culture, science and religion

85
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When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility? What did it do?

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1870
Introduced to reassert Papal dominance and his temporal power - his word was indisputable

86
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What was the aim of the Centre Party in the new Germany?

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-Protect the rights of the Catholic minority
-Wanted continued independence of Church institutions and opposed secularisation in education and marriage
-Less centralised Germany that gave greater autonomy to the German states

87
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Why was Bismarck so concerned by the Centre Party?

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-Suspicious of Catholic supporting population as they had sided with Austria in the 1866 war
-Church encouraged Polish language teaching and wanted a war with Italy - against Bismarck’s 1 language ideology and ally of Italy
-Encouraged separate identities which opposed a united and loyal Germany

88
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What were German Catholic politicians and priests known as towards the state?

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‘Enemies of the state’ or Reichsfeinde

89
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What was the Kulturkampf?

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Campaign against Catholic institutions and power in Germany, to supress them

90
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When and what were the Prussian May Laws?

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1873
Laws established state control over the Catholic Church - power over education and appointment of priests - failed so further measures introduced

91
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When and what were the Bread Basket Law?

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1875
Withdrew financial support from any priest who did not declare support and loyalty to the German state

92
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What other measures came under the Kulturkampf?

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-Church property removed
-Clergy not appointed by the German state were expelled from Germany
-State authorities to inspect Catholic schools
-Ban Jesuit order from Germany

93
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How many priests were jailed or exiled, and how many Reichsmarks worth of Church land was seized, by what year?

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1800 priests
16 million Reichsmarks
By 1879

94
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How much did the Z Party vote increase by due to the Kulturkampf? Between which years?

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From 18.6% to 27.9%
Between 1871-74

95
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Why did the Kulturkampf fail?

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-Persecution reinforced Catholic separation from the state
-Strengthened overall Catholic support
-Ostracising Catholic population made them more defensive and removed from German culture

96
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What % more likely were Protestant males to go to university than Catholic males?

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50% more

97
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When did the Kulturkampf end?

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1879

98
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Why did the Kulturkampf end?

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-Not politically helpful to Bismarck - losing support of population and of the Kaiser
-Needed support from the Z Party to introduce protectionist policies as the National Liberals split
-New Pope more willing to compromise and talk

99
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Who replaced Pope Pius IX after he died in 1878?

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Pope Leo XIII

100
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What was the Sonderweg?

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German way of life

101
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What national holiday was celebrated in Germany for their victory at the Battle of Sedan, over the French?

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Sedantag

102
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Why was this national holiday so disliked by the Southern states?

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Many Southern states were not involved so preferred to celebrate victories over France they had contributed to

103
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Why was this national holiday so disliked by socialists?

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Viewed as a celebration of Prussian militarism and refused to recognise it

104
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What was the focus on German nationalism known as?

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Reichsdeutsche identity

105
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How were schools important in creating nationalism?

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-Required to teach nationalism
-Student textbooks proclaimed the glory of the Kaiser
-Aim to engrain nationalism in the psyche to create a homogenous nation

106
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What did Bismarck use to declare that socialism was a threat to the German nation?

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2 assassination attempts on Wilhelm I despite the assassins having no connection to socialism

107
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How much did the vote of the National Liberal and SAPD decrease by in 1878?

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Lost 130 000 votes or 29 seats = NL
Votes fell from 493 000 to 312 000 = SAPD

108
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When and what law did Bismarck pass as anti-socialist legislation?

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October 1878
Law for Combating the Criminal Aims of Social Democracy

109
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What did the anti-socialist Law for Combating the Criminal Aims of Social Democracy outline?

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Prohibited socialist meetings and gave police the power to randomly search, arrest and exile socialist politicians

110
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How many socialist imprisoned between 1878-90?

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1500

111
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What did the SAPD return as? How many seats and members by 1890?

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SPD
35 seats and 1 million members

112
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Why did Bismarck fear the French recovery by 1875?

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-The new French government was a more aggressive Royalist one
-Thought they may encourage Catholic opposition to Germany
-French had not stopped French Catholic bishops from attacking the Kulturkampf

113
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What organisation was set up in France in 1873 which increased the number of French infantry battalions to what?

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French Army Organisational Law
Increased battalions from 3 to 4

114
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How many trained men would France have ready to use? What was this an increase of?

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800 000 trained men
Increase of 80 000

115
Q

Who considered a preventative war against France, which was dismissed?

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General von Moltke

116
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Which newspaper and when printed an article suggesting a Catholic conspiracy of the French and Austrians uniting against Germany?

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Kolnische Zeitung
5th April 1875

117
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Which newspaper and when questioned a ‘war in sight’?

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The Berliner Post
9th April 1875

118
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Who visited Germany, and with those support, to discuss private talks with the Kaiser over the alarm of another war?

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Tsar Alexander II with the support of Queen Victoria

119
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Which Russian Chancellor told the press he felt peace was ensured?

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Alexander Gorchakov

120
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When was the Three Emperors League set up, between which countries? Why was it weakened?

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1873
Germany, Austro-Hungary and Russia
Weakened by the poor relations between Germany and Russia - increasing unease about the diplomatic goals of Germany

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