... , and caring nothing for this military dispute-would agree to become Prussian Prime Minister so long as Wilhelm gave him what he really wanted: unfettered control of Prussian foreign policy making. Wilhelm refused. Wilhelm held out until 1862, at the moment when his ministers were willing to give in to parliament's demand to open the officer corps to the ... , sought support from the liberals and some moderate conservatives throughout most of the 1870s. Liberal majorities in the Reichstag helped pass his anti-Catholic legislation and welcomed his free trade policy. In 1879, however, big ...

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... . Even though such separations occurred, Stresemann still managed to be the Foreign minister from 1924 to 1929. He was responsible for various foreign policy successes. The Locarno treaties signing with Britain, France, and Italy ensured Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium. Furthermore, he guaranteed a spot ... followed by the withdrawal of the Inter-Allied Control Commission in 1927 which acted as the main overseer in Treaty of Versailles terms. "No area of policy under the Weimar Republic could claim to rival the success of its foreign policy. Its tragedy was that it failed cons...

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... 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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... Vienna, liberal ideas based on Napoleon's rule were "squelched" under the Metternich system, a conservative, reactionary system. The Conservatives discouraged any movement to unify Germany and the over bearing policy of the Metternich system initially put down liberal ideas. In German states, violent uprisings of peasants and liberals began, sparked by strong desire for reform. Princes from individual states, unaware ... appointed to the bureaucracy, the army and the education system. Bismarck made sure he could take back anything he allowed and absolutely made sure that unified Germany...

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... administrative systems. They were free to legislate for a variety of local matters, including raising their own taxation. But the federal government controlled the armed forces and was responsible for foreign policy, civil and criminal law, banking, press regulations and taxation for imperial purposes. Some of the federal rights were exercised by the monarch, who appointed the chancellor and was head of ... Catholic Church he enacted many laws with the aim to reduce the disciplinary power of the catholic bishops, he also had the Jesuit order of priests banned and wrested the control 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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... extremely repressive measures. The antisocialist law passed in 1878 prohibited socialist literature, allowed the police to break up socialist meetings, and put the trial and punishment of socialists under the control of police courts. Although the socialists were initially weakened, they again began to increase their number in parliament again similar to the Catholics. Now, partly to weaken the socialists ... and partly as a result of his policy of economic nationalism, Bismarck introduced a social reform program. Between 1883 and 1887, despite violent opposition, laws were passed provid...

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... It needed someone to organise and bring it all together if unification was to be achieved, and that person proved to be Bismarck. Bismarck's control over Prussia and the achievement of German unification was due to "military strength and diplomacy."" It could be argued that as he had a " ... upper hand in all decision making."" The Bundesrat was made up of representatives from each state. It had various powers, but Bismarck still maintained control as 14 votes against anything meant a veto, and Prussia was the only individual state to have enough representatives for this. Prussian repres...

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... Ritter believes that it was the dismissal of Bismarck when things went down hill. "The result was the fateful turn of German foreign policy, and the steady loss of the principle that the military should only be an instrument of the leading statesmen" (Iggers, 1968 The German ... be made responsible for the mistakes of his successors." (Iggers, 1968 The German Conception of History p. 261) "The German foreign policy, post-Bismarck and pre-World War One, cannot be entirely blamed on the "edifice of government" in Prussia and Germany, but ... He is recognized in history for his leadership...

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... was not as well organised as the government. This was particularly true of opposition from the left wing. Only in Bavaria did the communists gain control, setting up a republic in March 1919 which was ruthlessly crushed by the Freikorps in May of the same year. The main communist group in ... This tactic was shown to have worked in the creation of the Dawes and the Young plans, and even later in the Allies' lenient policy towards Hitler. Helping this even further was the fact that the constitution was very democratic. Making the new German republic very much like the ... inability to su...

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... programme. The political parties had very little experience of how to operate a democratic parliamentary system, because before 1919 the Reichstag had not actually controlled policy, the Chancellor was responsible to the Reichstag but it usually failed to give a clear lead because the parties refused to compromise. The Communists and ... Independent volunteers regiments raised by ex-army officers). It was a sign of the governments weakness that it had to depend on forces which did not itself control. The two Communist leaders were clubbed to death by Freikorps and the Kaiser's troops. The...

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... changes in government and constitution, on this occasion the nationalist outcry resulted in the formation of a Federal Diet at Frankfurt. This German Confederation excluded Austria, because of her anti-unity policy, preferring rather a loose "middle-Europe" coalition. Ever since first being appointed Prussian representative to the Federal Diet in 1851, Bismarck had urged the Prussian Government to seize power in the ... manipulate the situation to Prussia's advantage. Consequently after the war flared up again in the summer of 1864, the result being that the two duchies were placed unde...

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... of peace in Europe to allow economic development and the commercial growth of trade between the European powers. As the great powers exerted their influence and took a greater control of European affairs territories were expanded, the smaller states became somewhat weaker and as a consequence the great powers became stronger and the balance of power in Europe was ... governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities, setting up a continuous administrative ...

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... of peace in Europe to allow economic development and the commercial growth of trade between the European powers. As the great powers exerted their influence and took a greater control of European affairs territories were expanded, the smaller states became somewhat weaker and as a consequence the great powers became stronger and the balance of power in Europe was ... governments became more centralised and there was a widespread adoption of direct rule throughout Europe extending governmental communication into the very depths of rural communities, setting up a continuous administrative ...

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... so many times in the past; that a French invasion was imminent; that resistance might come too late; and that they had no alternative but to bind themselves inextricably to the control of Berlin" (Wetzel 6). The ultimate goal of the Franco-Prussian war had been realized before it even began. The southern German states elected to become part of the Prussian ... who twisted the words exchanged between the Prussian King and French Ambassador in order to raise anger among both sides of the conflict. What originally was a respectful disagreement on foreign policy had become blatant insults t...

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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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... limited to a small section of the aristocracy and the middle class. Camillo Cavour and Garibaldi had much to do with unifying all of the people and land in Italy. Cavour's policy was to secure for the Kingdom of Sardinia the diplomatic and military support of Napoleon III, the French emperor. The people of Italy had a series of elections in 1859 and ... . The people of Haiti responsible for the revolt against the Europeans were slaves. Lead by Toussant L"Overture, the slaves thought of how to unite and defeat the French, who took control of the island. Since they were all of the same cul...

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