7.2 Germany Strengthens - Clayton Valley Charter High School

7.2 Notes

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Factors of Industrialization  Ample natural resources  Educated and disciplined

workforce

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Promoting Science and Economic Development  1871 issues a single German

currency  Late 1800’s raise tariffs  Supported research and development  Reorganized banking/ coordinated railway building

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Bismarck’s foreign policy goals  Weaken France  Ally with Austria/ Russia

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Domestic goals  Kulturkampf- laws that

tried to make Catholics put loyalty to state not religion  Kulturkampf backfires

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Campaign vs. the Socialists  Bismarck felt socialists

were a threat, passed laws against them  It backfired 

Bismarck’s tries to lure workers away from socialists  Health, old-age and

accident insurance

Fires Bismarck “there can be only one master in the Reich”  Resists democratic reforms but continues social welfare programs  Public schools taught obedience  Builds up army 