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realistic politics based on the needs of the state
(power more important than principals)
realpolitik
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Bismarck's policy used to unite German states under Prussian rule
blood and iron
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emperor
kaiser (William I aka Wilhelm I)
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highest official of a monarch
chancellor
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"battle for civilizations"
asked Catholics to pledge allegiance to nation rather than Church
Kulterkampf
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programs to help certain groups of people
social welfare
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supporter of socialism (system where people rather than private indiv own all property & run all businesses)
socialist
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head of cabinet
prime minister
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people who want to abolish all gov't
anarchist
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compromise when 2 separate states share a leader, ministries of finance, defensem and foreign affaris (Austria-Hungary)
dual monarchy
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empire composed of manny nations
multinational empire
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movement away from homeland
emigration
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"The Sick Man of Europe"
Ottoman Empire
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based on a compromise- means must wait for an agreement and therefore is weak
coalition
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Prime minister of Germany who became chancellor
*Aimed to build strong, unified German state w/ Prussia at head
Came from Prussia's Junker class (censervative, landowning nobles)
Blood and iron policy & realpolitik
Got money by using $ set aside for diff causes
Otto von Biskmarck
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organized a number of German states
Rhine Confederation
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weak alliance headed by Austria
German Confederation
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Napolean's Impact on Germany
- Freed serfs
- made trade easier
- abolished laws against Jews
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Prussian economic union that dismantled tariff boundaries in Germany
Zollverin
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demanded German political unity
Frankfurt Assembly
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ruling dynasty of Prussia that Bismarch was loyal to
Powerful, traditional monarchy
Hohenzollerns
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War that lasted 7 weeks
Prussian victory
Prussia took control of several northern German states
Dissolved the German Confederation putting Prussia in chaarge now
Austro-Prussian War
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War with Prussian victory
EMS Dispatch: telegram from King William I to Napoleon III, Bismarch edited it to make it sound insulting
Franco-Prussian War
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Upper house of German gov't which had the power to veto so therefore more power and it was appointed by rulers of German States
Bundesrat
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Lower house in German gov't, had less power and was elected by universal male suffrage
Reichstag
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iron and coal reasources
middle class workers
large population
single currency
reorganized banking system
corrdinated railroads
supported research and develp in universities
trained scientists solve tech problems in factories
tariffs protecting domestic goods
Reasons Germany was an industrial giant
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enormous industrial complex producing steal and weapons
House of Krupp
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August Thyssen
giant steel empire
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Optics (telescopes, microscopes, optical equip)
Carl Zeiss
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Social Democratic party (parlimentary gov't and laws to improve conditions for working class)
Bismarck passed laws to dissolve these socialist groups and he shut down their newspapers/ banned their meetings
German Marxists
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To stop socialism Bismarck created these including health/accident/old age insurance
social reforms
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