This document discusses the various approaches to Bismarck politics and presents a list of Bismarck's life. The document is also divided into the following subsections; Bismarck Process of Becoming a Nation
How did an Empire become a nation
Domestic politics of Bismarck
Why was the Foundation of...
Bismarck - Process of becoming a nation
How did an empire become a nation
domestic politics of Bismarck
Why was the foundation of the empire successful in 1871 and not in 1849?
Socialist Laws
- Social Democrats were considered to be an enemy of the empire
● Bismarck was afraid that SD would take over the reign of the Empire
● SD were against monarchy
● Bismarck feared that workers could start/initiate a Revolution by
uniting
- Popular Meetings of the Social Democrats were forbidden
- Assasination attempts on Wilhelm I. - excuse to fright SD
- Outlaws the structure of the party, including the publishing houses
- could still be elected
- Laws were not as effective as Bismarck expected, workers ans Social
Democrats unified
- Secret Connections of SD Member
“Kulturkampf” Laws:
- Pope declared infallibility and did not wants nations more powerful
● State laws were devaloued by the church
- division of state and church
- Pope sided with the Polish church
- Central Party was established (party of the Catholic)
- laws were passed to limit the influence of the catholics
● Newspapers were forbidden
● Clergymen were imprisoned because of violating the law ot preach
● Civil marriage was established
- Support for the church grew, catholics showed loyalty to the church
Social Law:
- Pension funds were established
- Health and accident insurance
- Workers were supported in the private life
- Working hours were fixed
- Social laws were passed to
Exclusion of Minorities
- Polish population
- Only allowed them to speak German
- Danish Population living in Schleswig was supposed to be Germanized
- France Population of Alsace Lorraine
- Display of the social injustice, especially when getting older
Women p. 108/9
- 1848 fought on the street
- demanded reforms in meetings
- couldn’t vote the national assembly
- limited to family life, but they insisted on being included into the
political life
- until 1908 they couldn’t be a member of any political organization
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