... abort all legislation coming from a potentially more democratically inclined Reichstag. The representatives to the Bundesrat were appointed by their governments, and none of these governments was democratically constituted. In most states, parliaments continued to be elected by a restricted franchise that privileged property owners and excluded large segments of the population. The Prussian lower diet, for example, was elected by ... kings or owed their seat to the privileges of old aristocratic families. These upper chambers, usually loyal to the rulers, were able to check the influence ...

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Who was the most important and influential person in the unification of Germany in the 19th century? Just about anyone who has studied this period of history would right off tell you that Otto ... humiliate France even further, crowned William at Versailles on January 18, 1871. William appointed Bismarck as the chancellor of the German Empire. Bismarck then set out to make Germany the most powerful empire in all of Europe. First Bismarck "worked on the Empire's federal infrastructure." (5) To help develop Germany as a major economic power, Bismarck made uniform legal codes, nationalized rail...

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• Grade Level: High School