social specific fact 1871-1914

Question 1

David Blackbourn, History of Germany, 1997

Answer 1

‘German society was extraordinarily dynamic in the years before 1914’

Question 2

population growth between 1871-1910

Answer 2

23,867,000

Question 3

what did the % of people in urban areas increase to from 1871 to 1910

Answer 3

23.9%

Question 4

position of women

Answer 4

-had no vote
-SDP campaigned unsuccessfully for female vote

Question 5

German elite’s shared belief

Answer 5

building a new Germany and extending their own wealth and power within it

Question 6

Ega Sagarra

Answer 6

‘the focal point of the aristocracy was the court’

Question 7

by 1874, how often was the military budget voted on by the Reichstag?

Answer 7

every 7 years

Question 8

by 1914 how many men did the German army have?

Answer 8

4 million

Question 9

Ega Sagarra (socialism) 1895

Answer 9

‘more and more miners expressed socialist views’

Question 10

what was the average working day in the 1870s

Answer 10

11 hours

Question 11

what was the % of women working in unventilated factories?

Answer 11

91.2%

Question 12

when was state socialism introduced?

Answer 12

1880s

Question 13

medical insurance (before 1914)

Answer 13

covered 3 million workers

Question 14

accident insurance (before 1914)

Answer 14

covered 7 million workers

Question 15

how many people in Alsace Lorraine had left Germany by 1914?

Answer 15

400,000

Question 16

what was education like for women in agriculture?

Answer 16

‘work in the field and shop like men’

Question 17

by 1913 what % of people lived below the poverty line?

Answer 17

30%

Question 18

what legislation did Caprivi introduce/reform?

Answer 18

-recognition of trade unions
-changes to employment laws
-more progressive income tax
-extension of period that workers could claim accident insurance
-extension of health insurance

Question 19

by 1914 how many people were covered by sickness insurance?

Answer 19

15 million

Question 20

how many people were insured for accidents by 1914?

Answer 20

28 million

Question 21

how many received annual pensions in 1914?

Answer 21

1 million

Question 22

how much longer was the German working day compared to Britain?

Answer 22

2 hours longer

Question 23

trade unions grew to what size by 1912?

Answer 23

64 million members

Question 24

the first woman to graduate from a German uni?

Answer 24

Anite Augspurg in 1894