Download Empire`s Growth and Change

Norma Bourque-Pimentel
December 10, 2011
World History, Period 7
The Empires Growth and Change:
Directions:
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Read the section in your text entitled Empire’s Growth and Change on pages 323-324.
Summarize main idea and details in the graphic organizer below
New Gov’t
Gov’t and Church
Economic growth
Social Reform
Bismarck and Wilhelm II
- Power was shared
between state and
national governments
- Took a federalist form
- Wilhelm I led the
government.
- All men over the age of
25 could vote.
- Political parties
developed.
- Germany had 25
separate states.
- Bismarck believed the
Roman Catholic Church
posed a threat to the
government.
- Government should
control aspects of culture
(education) not the
church.
- Limited the influence of
the Catholic Church in
Germany.
- Struggle between
government and church
was called “Kulturkampf”
- France paid Germany for
the damage caused after
the Franco-Prussian War.
- Leaders used this money
to build their railroads in
order to link the German
States and businesses.
- Coal mines and steel
factories grew in
Germany’s major cities.
- German socialists
protests against harsh
factories conditions and
wanted state control of all
industries.
- Bismarck blamed
socialists for two
assassination attempts
made on the emperor.
- Tried to destroy socialism
& reduce its appeal among
the German people with
his own reforms.
- Provided benefits for
health, accidents, old age,
and disability.
- Bismarck wanted to
destroy socialism.
- Bismarck did not want to
expand Germany’s
borders.
- Believed France was still
a threat.
- Established alliances with
other European nations:
Austria, Hungary, Italy,
and Russia.
- New Kaiser, Wilhelm II
fired Bismarck as the
prime minister but
continued to form
alliances with other
nations and built the
military forces in Europe.
How did Germany change both economically and politically in the years following unification?
After Germany’s unification the nation had grown both economically and politically through their expansion of transportation to connect various
businesses throughout the country and having the development of new policies encompassing the entire Germany. Prussia now shared powers
Norma Bourque-Pimentel
December 10, 2011
World History, Period 7
between the States and national government; much like the United Sates has done. Men over the age of 25 were also able to vote and this led to other
achievements like the development of political parties. The citizens were now able to express their political views which could also lead to an increase in
nationalism. Economically Germany was able to grow because of France’s pay to Germany because of the damage they caused during the FrancoPrussian war. Rail roads were built and factories grew in numbers.