Social Change In Germany And West Germany 1871-1990

Question 1

What fraction of people lived in rural areas before 1871, and what fraction lived in urban areas after 1914?

Answer 1

2/3 in rural
2/3 in urban

Question 2

How much did trade union membership increase by between 1877-1891?

Answer 2

50 000 to 278 000

Question 3

When was the SPD formed? How much did membership increased by between which years? How many deputies in the Reichstag did they grow by?

Answer 3

1875 formed
Membership doubled to 1.5 million between 1875-90
From 12 to 35 deputies

Question 4

When was Sickness Insurance introduced?
When was Accident Insurance introduced?
When was Old Age Pensions introduced?
(K)

Answer 4

1883
1884
1889

Question 5

How many weeks pay to how many workers under Sickness Insurance? (K)

Answer 5

13 weeks pay to 3 million workers

Question 6

How many weeks pay under Accident Insurance?(K)

Answer 6

13 weeks

Question 7

What was unemployment like between 1900-1914? How much did average wages increased by, between which years? (K)

Answer 7

Unemployment only went above 3% in 1 year
Wages increased by 25% between 1895-1913

Question 8

How many households were living in destitution? (K)

Answer 8

30% of all families

Question 9

What did Chancellor Caprivi introduce in 1891? (K)

Answer 9

-Sunday work prohibited
-Children under 13 couldn't work
-Women work no more than 11 hrs a week

Question 10

What did Chancellor Bulow introduce? (K)

Answer 10

Accident Insurance extended (1900)
Industrial courts introduced (1901)
Ban on child labour to all industries (1903)

Question 11

How long a working day was guaranteed by the Weimar constitution? (W)

Answer 11

8hrs

Question 12

% urban population grew by between 1910-40?

Answer 12

36%