Edexcel History 8. Germany United

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That Länder which most opposed unification with the German Empire

He whom was distrustful of Catholics and the Centre Party as most were from the only recently unified southern states (many of which had supported Austria in 1866) or from Polish and French minorities, which together with the Syllabus of Errors and the Church's support for Polish language teaching, called their loyalty into question

That myth exploited by the Nazi's in their rise to power, alongside general resentment at the Treaty of Versailles, the association of Bolshevism with Jews, and the poverty caused by the Great Depression

That fundamental law which included guarantees of equality between the sexes, freedom of the press, of speech, and to protest, union rights such as of collective bargaining, and state welfare for women, children, and the unemployed

He whom was weakened in the Reichstag by 1884 as the two largest parties (Centre Party, and German Free Minded Party, respectively) both opposed him and together outnumbered the conservatives and National Liberal Party whom no longer constituted a majority

The states-nominated upper house of the federal parliament, composed of 58 members from the Länder, 17 of whom were Prussian (14 being required for a veto), which decided policy and made laws for the ultimate approval of the Kaiser

He who suggested a government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Centre Party (ZP), and German Progress Party (DFP), be formed under Prince Maximilian von Baden, so as to democratise and thus quell unrest and increase Germany's negotiating position, while saving as much of the old system as possible, and also passing blame for defeat to the Reichstag

That group in which unrest was caused during the First World War from 1916, by the decrease in the value of their savings due to inflation

The year in which 10,000 Jews whom had left Germany due to anti-Semitism such as the 1933 boycott of Jewish shops, returned as anti-Semitic repression seemed to decline

That party which was dissolved by the Nazis on the 22nd June 1933

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That which came under increasing threat from 1916 alongside increasing civilian pessimism, and declining living conditions accompanied by the defeat at Verdun and the massive casualties it an the Somme incurred

Those individuals whom in January 1933 were the three Nazis in Cabinet holding the posts of Chancellor, Prussian Minister of the Interior, and Reich Minister of the Interior

That the affect of which on the Reichstag was that the Centre Party became the nucleus of opposition to Bismarck, forming alliances with other anti-Prussian parties, and gaining seats

That election in which the Nazis, with 43.9% of the seats won, together with the supporting German National People's Party's (DNVP) 8%, a coalition majority in parliament, though not the two thirds necessary to change the constitution

That body which under the Constitution of the German Empire had responsibility for foreign affairs, defence, trade, customs, railways, post, telegraphs, coinage, and the implementation of federal laws and taxes

That crisis the result of which was that Britain and Russia intervened by pressuring Germany against war with France, forcing Bismarck to stop his provocative though ultimately bluffing policies, but also much damaging the Three Emperor's League, creating foreign concern of Germany

That treaty which placed war-guilt on Germany, forced the country to pay reparations, relinquish the Polish Corridor and other territories, never unite with Austria, and limit its military, while also demilitarising the Rhineland and banning it from the League of Nations

He who has often been criticised as his reforms did not go much further than those already established by Prince Maximilian von Baden, while his use of the Freikorps to crush the communist and workers councils empowered the anti-democratic right

The formal cooperation of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Centre Party (ZP), and centrist German Democratic Party (DDP), that formed the largest block in 1919, having gained 76% of the vote in that years election

That which German High Command - to the opposition of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg - resumed in 1917 in the hopes of starving the UK into surrender