land+history


 * Germany w﻿as an industrial society in the 1800's. **
 * germay was a religous country in the 1800's. bismark was a lutherin and catholics made up a third of the german population and bismark distrusted catholics and launched a kulturkampf or a battle for civilization. Bismark saw another threat in his growing german power, he saw socialists as a big threat. German marxists had organized the social democratic party. this called for a parliamentary democracy and laws to improve conditions for the working class. bismark feared that socialist would undermine the loyalty of german workers. Before bismark germany was under the rule of a monarchy and had a kaiser or a king. william the second succeeded his grandfather for his throne. Unsurprisingly william resisted efforts to introduce democratic reforms. At the same time however he introduced a program called social welfare which was a group that would help a certain group of people. Like his grandfather, william the second lavished funds on the german military machine, which was already the most powerful in europe. **