Chapter 10 Study Guide Part 1

Section 1:

Define/identify the following key terms:

chancellor
Realpolitik
annex
kaiser
Reich

Thoroughly and thoughtfully answer the following questions using complete sentences:

1) What territorial and economic changes promoted German unity?

2) Describe the techniques Bismarck used to unify the German states.
3) How did the emperor and his chancellor retain power in the new German government?
4) How did the nationalism represented by Bismarck differ from that embraced by liberals in the
early 1800s.

Section 2:

Define/identify the following key terms:

Kulturkampf
social welfare

Thoroughly and thoughtfully answer the following questions using complete sentences:

1) How did Germany become an industrial giant in the late 1800s?

2) Why did Bismarck try to crush the Catholic Church and socialists?
3) What policies did William II introduce?
4) Why do you think supporters of democratic government had little hope of success in Germany
in the late 1800s?