... flooded the market with cheap grain. Prices fell sharply and the Junker cried out for tariffs and Bismarck answered there need. In Bismarck's time great innovation s ere made in the iron and railway system which was one of the most extensive in the world and greatly increased Germanys economic power also massive multinational corporations like Krupps steel and Seimens electronics dominated ... by Bismarck which made large banks take a direct role in the managing of companies hoping they would lend money at a very low rate. Helped by the large mineral resources of iron and coal in Alsace...

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... he believed that Germany could not be unified through the previously attempted diplomacy, but only though war with its enemies. This point he made known in his famous "blood and iron" speech. Austria remained the main and most powerful threat to Prussia. Bismarck, determined to stay on friendly terms with Austria, proposed a joint military campaign against Denmark to recover the duchies ... hierarchical issues that needed to be resolved prior to unification. It is quite fair to say that without the influence of Otto von Bismarck and his policy of "blood and iron", the unification could ...

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... thus centralizing power. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: The industrial revolution hit Germany extra hard compared to other European areas. Between 1850 -1870, the German economy rapidly advanced with new factories, textile and iron production, rail roads, coal production and record exports. This made the population grow quickly and the middle-class expand. With Zollverein (customs union covering the 18 states) and the advancement ... intending to unite Germany under Prussian Rule. He would achieve this through the use of charismatic leaders, granting limited power and the use of army power if n...

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... "the great questions of the day [German unity] will not be settled by speeches and majority decisions - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by blood and iron". This highlighted his determination for expansion and the seizure of power from Austria. The international situation at the time was very favourable for Bismarck and the fulfilment of his aims ... ...

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