2) Government and Opposition 1871-1888
Kaiser Wilhelm I (________-________): The typical Prussian
aristocrat – old-fashioned/polite, enjoyed state/___________
______________s. As a youth, fought in ______________ wars. Aged
____ when he became K, and mostly let _______ take initiative.
Bismarck (________-________): Not a __________, but a good
_________, very intelligent/hard-working. Never backed by one
________ and hated working with ___________. Often fell out with
K1 and had __________, frequent threats of resignation. Very
contradictory (like his ___________). Disliked K1’s ______,
Augusta, and her __________ views. He was politically pragmatic
and his ‘_______________’ meant _______ justified the means.
Often known as ‘________ ____________’ for his systematic
attacks against ___________ (in _______________), ____________
(with economic _______________), ______________ (obvious) and
national _______________.
First elections (1871) majority for _____, led by ____________,
who cooperated with Bism. to carry out ________________,
_____________ development + trade. However, he later opposed
Bism’s policies and resigned in _________. Bism. also had
support of ______ (rep. ____________ and industrialist).
Nevertheless, Reichs agreed over _____ laws (mostly economic):
_____________ (_______): and the _______ (new currency for
whole empire, backed by _______ = stable)
National ________ _______ (_______): and single _______ _____
________ in _______ (states had control over ________)
Single _________ System (_______): in _________, supreme
one set up
National __________ and _____________ system
Extension of ___________ network across empire
Abolition of ___________ on internal trade between
___________
, Kulturkampf (_______-_______)
Bism. + ____________ spearheaded an attack against __________
(rep. _____% of Empire, esp. strong in ________ and ________land)
in ___________. The Church was _______________ independent,
had its own __________, had political influence, via the _________
__________. _____ was 2nd largest party by ________, so posed a
threat to Bism’s _________________. An attack on CC would also
win him ______________ support. ________ ‘____________ _____
__________’, ________ declared the CC to be opposed to
_________ism, ___________ism, and ‘_________ civilisation.’ So the
____________ had every reason to oppose the CC and they
wanted to _____________ education. In ________, ________’s
‘____________ _____ __________ ______________’ stated that he
could not be wrong on matters of faith and ____________. NB –
his power had been challenged by unification of _________
recently, _________’s On the Origin of Species and _________’s
Das Kapital which encouraged non-biblical, classless ideas. In
_______, orchestrated ________ campaign depicted ____ as home
of ‘_____________’ (Bism. used this idea to create an ___________
of Reichs. parties, but sometimes it did opposite). ____________
removed from Prussian Ministry of ___________ and
______________*; clergy forbidden from preaching ___________
messages; an anti-__________ campaign across Empire; ______
_________, ____________ relations with ____________ broken off.
*Its minister, _______, introduced the _______ _________ of
________, draining Prussian Catholics of certain ________ and
________ rights:
Catholic ______________ => state control
_________ required to study in Germany; had to prove
_________ to state; their appointments made by ________,
not ________
________ marriage ceremonies compulsory (later expanded
to _________)
___________ ________________ _______: all Catholic religious
__________ dissolved (ext. in _______)
State ___________ aid to CC ended
Kaiser Wilhelm I (________-________): The typical Prussian
aristocrat – old-fashioned/polite, enjoyed state/___________
______________s. As a youth, fought in ______________ wars. Aged
____ when he became K, and mostly let _______ take initiative.
Bismarck (________-________): Not a __________, but a good
_________, very intelligent/hard-working. Never backed by one
________ and hated working with ___________. Often fell out with
K1 and had __________, frequent threats of resignation. Very
contradictory (like his ___________). Disliked K1’s ______,
Augusta, and her __________ views. He was politically pragmatic
and his ‘_______________’ meant _______ justified the means.
Often known as ‘________ ____________’ for his systematic
attacks against ___________ (in _______________), ____________
(with economic _______________), ______________ (obvious) and
national _______________.
First elections (1871) majority for _____, led by ____________,
who cooperated with Bism. to carry out ________________,
_____________ development + trade. However, he later opposed
Bism’s policies and resigned in _________. Bism. also had
support of ______ (rep. ____________ and industrialist).
Nevertheless, Reichs agreed over _____ laws (mostly economic):
_____________ (_______): and the _______ (new currency for
whole empire, backed by _______ = stable)
National ________ _______ (_______): and single _______ _____
________ in _______ (states had control over ________)
Single _________ System (_______): in _________, supreme
one set up
National __________ and _____________ system
Extension of ___________ network across empire
Abolition of ___________ on internal trade between
___________
, Kulturkampf (_______-_______)
Bism. + ____________ spearheaded an attack against __________
(rep. _____% of Empire, esp. strong in ________ and ________land)
in ___________. The Church was _______________ independent,
had its own __________, had political influence, via the _________
__________. _____ was 2nd largest party by ________, so posed a
threat to Bism’s _________________. An attack on CC would also
win him ______________ support. ________ ‘____________ _____
__________’, ________ declared the CC to be opposed to
_________ism, ___________ism, and ‘_________ civilisation.’ So the
____________ had every reason to oppose the CC and they
wanted to _____________ education. In ________, ________’s
‘____________ _____ __________ ______________’ stated that he
could not be wrong on matters of faith and ____________. NB –
his power had been challenged by unification of _________
recently, _________’s On the Origin of Species and _________’s
Das Kapital which encouraged non-biblical, classless ideas. In
_______, orchestrated ________ campaign depicted ____ as home
of ‘_____________’ (Bism. used this idea to create an ___________
of Reichs. parties, but sometimes it did opposite). ____________
removed from Prussian Ministry of ___________ and
______________*; clergy forbidden from preaching ___________
messages; an anti-__________ campaign across Empire; ______
_________, ____________ relations with ____________ broken off.
*Its minister, _______, introduced the _______ _________ of
________, draining Prussian Catholics of certain ________ and
________ rights:
Catholic ______________ => state control
_________ required to study in Germany; had to prove
_________ to state; their appointments made by ________,
not ________
________ marriage ceremonies compulsory (later expanded
to _________)
___________ ________________ _______: all Catholic religious
__________ dissolved (ext. in _______)
State ___________ aid to CC ended
