1. CHAPTER 16 Section 1: The Unification of Italy Section 2: The Unification of Germany Section 3: Opposition to Bismarck Section 4: Reform and Revolution in Russia Section 5: Unrest in Austria-Hungary Nationalism in Europe
2. SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck liberal and democratic ideas non-Prussian politicians Social Democratic Party Catholics/Centre Party new kaiser Bismarck’s problems: Bismarck’s solutions: Final Outcome for Bismarck: help industry repress socialism social reforms Kulturkamf threaten to resign 16.3 Bell Ringer: What was the final outcome of the solutions to Bismarck’s problems?
3. Prussia has led the way to German unification, but Bismarck faced opposition from groups within the German Empire … Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck and a new boss.
4. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck Bismarck didn’t get the absolute monarchy he wanted…. Some groups demanded a more liberal and democratic gov’t than he wanted to allow. Hannover’s representatives were in constant opposition to Prussia. The Catholic Bavarians remained skeptical of the new Empire.
5. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck The Catholic Church presented special problems for Bismarck.
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7. Israel and the Occupied Territories Visual Source Opposition to Bismarck
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9. Israel and the Occupied Territories Visual Source Opposition to Bismarck The Social Democratic Party’s breakthrough in the Reichstag elections of February 20, 1890, is trumpeted in this facsimile of the front page of the party’s leading newspaper, Der Sozialdemokrat , on March 8, 1890.
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12. Israel and the Occupied Territories Political Cartoon Opposition to Bismarck
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14. Israel and the Occupied Territories Visual Source Opposition to Bismarck This 1913 poster praises the German social insurance system, which was implemented by Bismarck to "take the wind out of the sails" of the social democratic movement in the 1880s
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17. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
18. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
19. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
20. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
21. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
22. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
23. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck
24. SECTION 3 Opposition to Bismarck liberal and democratic ideas non-Prussian politicians Social Democratic Party Catholics/Centre Party new kaiser Bismarck’s problems: Bismarck’s solutions: resignation accepted Outcome: help industry repress socialism social reforms Kulturkamf threaten to resign
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Editor's Notes
Bismarck saw pope’s claim of the right to administer church property as foreign interference & a threat-southern German states mostly Catholic PLUS Bismarck DID NOT trust Catholics
Rich stores of natural resources (coal + iron= steel) German gov’t owned railroads managed them to promote industrial dvlpmt System of canals provided cheap but slow transportation German industrialization came later than GB & France could use most advanced methods & machinery dvlpd elsewhere, w/ improvements Gov’t helped industry: standardized money & banking laws throughout empire; centralized postal & telegraph services; encouraged German industrialists to form cartels (union); adopted high tariff policy
Growing socialist support alarmed Bismarck Two attempts to assassinate him in 1878, had no ties to socialism but he still blamed it on them Emperor & Bundesrat dissolved Reichstag & called for new elections New laws prohibited newspapers, books, pamphlets, public meetings from spreading socialist ideas Social Democratic representation still increased Bismarck’s new policy-“stealing the socialists’ thunder” Reforms according to new policy: insurance against sickness & accidents paid for by employers, limited working hours, holidays from work, pensions for disabled & retired These reforms did not wipe out socialism but eliminated many workers’ grievances
