1) Several European nations established social reforms and expanded voting rights in response to rising nationalism and the socialist threat of revolution. 2) In Germany, Bismarck enacted social security laws to prevent the spread of socialism and conciliated liberals while targeting Catholics in the Kulturkampf. 3) In France, moderate republicans established free public education to spread republican ideals and undermine the Catholic Church's influence, while the Dreyfus Affair increased tensions between republicans and Catholics.