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Y314: The Challenge of German Nationalism 1789–1919

Economic forces: economic and social effects of industrialisation

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Recall questions on the economic and social effects of industrialisation including the rise of socialism, arguments for free trade and protection, the effect of economic change on nationalism and national unity.

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How did the German socialist movement develop before 1875?

Process

How did the depression that began in 1873 affect nationalism?

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State the social insurance measures Bismarck introduced.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    Which industries drove German industrialisation?

    Model answer

    Coal and iron in the Ruhr, Saar and Silesia, textiles in Saxony and the Rhineland, engineering and armaments in firms such as Krupp, and after 1870 the world-leading chemical and electrical industries.

  2. 2

    What social changes did industrialisation bring?

    Model answer

    Rapid population growth and migration from the countryside to the towns, the rise of great industrial cities, a large industrial working class living in poor housing, and a growing professional and commercial middle class.

  3. 3

    How did the German socialist movement develop before 1875?

    Model answer

    Lassalle founded the General German Workers' Association in 1863 to pursue reform through universal suffrage, while Bebel and Liebknecht founded a Marxist Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1869, and the two merged at Gotha in 1875.

  4. 4

    How did the state respond to the growth of socialism under Bismarck?

    Model answer

    The Anti-Socialist Law of 1878 banned the party's organisations, meetings and press while leaving its candidates able to stand, and it was paired with state welfare designed to detach workers from the socialists.

  5. 5

    State the social insurance measures Bismarck introduced.

    Model answer

    Compulsory sickness insurance in 1883, accident insurance in 1884 and old age and invalidity pensions in 1889, the first comprehensive welfare scheme in Europe.

  6. 6

    Why did Germany turn to protection in 1879?

    Model answer

    The crash of 1873 and the long price depression that followed, together with cheap American and Russian grain, brought industrialists and Junker landowners together to demand tariffs, though the Franckenstein clause passed customs revenue above 130 million marks to the states and denied the Reich the independent revenue Bismarck wanted.

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