... Confederation which included Prussia, Hannover, Saxany, and a few other independent German states. The confederation consisted of two houses. The upper-house represents the states, had extensive control of foreign policy, and economic affairs. The lower-house was "elected through free male suffrage by secret ballet." (5) The lower-house also controlled the confederation budget. The southern German states ... were not included in the confederation, but Bismarck made the confederation look so irresistible that the states, Bismarck hoped, would voluntarily join. But because of their fear of...

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... from her ambitious neighbors." Rothfels, p. 48 and 49. To make the rest of the world to be on their toes, and to state Prussia's new policy, Bismarck gave his first speech as prime minister one of a grave seriousness. "The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and ... Bismarck's main goals was to increase the territory of Prussia. Prussia gained Hanover, Hesse, Nassau, and the city of Frankfurt. Prussia also gained full control over Holstein and Schleswig. With these new territorial gains it increased the prestige of Prussia and her dominance, and it greatly increas...

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... abdication of the Kaiser, who was the King of Prussia and totally autocratic. He had the power to appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve the Reichstag and he controlled foreign policy and the armed forces. The Reichstag was however, was elected by men over 25. The Reichstag could agree to or reject laws put forward by the Kaiser or the government ... SPD further up the political line and their views were getting more and more expressed. However, these forms of democracy never had much effect. The Reichstag was still under the control of the Kaiser, Chancellor and government. The l...

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