Many Germans had presumed the emperor and new republic would work together. ... The German nation was used to being ruled, rather than ruling itself. ... Many groups within Germany blamed to fledgling government for the harsh terms imposed by the treaty and opposition to the government was both open and violent: with varying amounts of success over the period of the republic's life. ... However, Germany pulled through. ... Germany had now entered what has been called the Golden Era. ...

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The government at the time predicted and constituted a solution to the problem and it was to simply increase the quantity of production in money printing making. ... Later on, after discovering that it really wasn't a good idea at all, the German government and her people relied on Gustav Stresemann who had a solution for the problem. ... This shows that the defeated countries were indeed in this position of Germany, the "leaders" and they gained power over Germany as she had to do what they said. ... The Treaty of Versailles destroyed the German economy in the 1920s and many Ge...

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Consequently the money invested and leant to Germany was needed back. ... In addition to destroying Germany's production levels, the Wall Street Crash also meant many Germans were cast into deep poverty and misery. ... This meant they lost faith in the current Weimar government and disunity was brought about to the political parties in the Reichstag. Germans began looking for an alternative government, many turned to systems such as fascism and communism. ... However, when it became clear that Germany was not experiencing a 'short depression' alongside the rest of Europe, the p...

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Why did Germany fail to Unite before 1860? ... The Bund played an influential hand in the failure of Germany uniting before 1860. ... Prussia had significantly a strong government, powerful army, treasury, economy and an infrastructure all the necessities that are vital and definitive to lead unification: the five essentials to lead a nation. ... It had no army, inadequate finance, thus disabling force, which would have ensured countries like Denmark giving over German territory. ... This lack of foreign support from France and Britain duly played a factor in why Germany failed to uni...

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This can especially be seen in the German Unification of 1871. The unification took place on January 18 and was when the Princes of the German states made Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German Empire. ... Though some may argue that imperialism was the main factor behind the start of world war one, it was still a byproduct of nationalist government. ... In Germany at the time, the Germans thought of themselves as the supreme race and thought those who didn't look like them or act like them were inferior. ... This is especially seen in the ruling of Germany and Italy. ...

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German Unification The German unification began to make progress when Fredrick William IV reorganized the German Confederation under Prussian leadership. ... Prussia began to form an organized government, which was autocratic. ... The Bundesrat was composed of the twenty-two state governments of Germany. ... Bismarck soon drafted a constitution bringing the German states and Prussia together, forming the confederation of Germany on January 18, 1871. ... This caused France great alarm, they felt threatened by the fact that Spain would have a German influence and soon France declared w...

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It will be proven that German unification was a turning point in European history due to the fact that Germany was reliant on their leader Bismarck. ... He aimed at making Prussia the leader of Germany, and Germany the leading nation of Europe. ... To do this, Bismarck planned to make the French and German government quarrel. ... On 18 January 1871 Germany became a united country. ... All in which Prussia and Germany was victorious. ...

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Dawes, to investigate ways of assisting the German economy. ... The treaty guaranteed the French-German and the German-Belgium borders and France, Germany and Belgium renounced the use of war in the future. ... Between the years 1924-1927 the moderate political parties including the German Democratic Party (DDP), the Centre Party and the German People's Party (DVP) formed the basis of coalition governments of the republic. ... The conservative restraints of Imperial Germany had been lifted and the German public had been given the opportunity to express itself. ... The right attacked the G...

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Nationalism shows itself abundantly in the unification of Germany and Italy as well as Nazi Germany. ... The invasions that Napoleon inspired Germans and they began to demand a unified German state. ... After the German confederation Prussia created the Zolverein which took down barriers between German states. ... The German government had to pay war reparations and workers, which caused massive inflation. ... Nationalism shows itself abundantly in the unification of Germany and Italy as well as Nazi Germany. ...

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However the Government suffered due to exaggerated expectations and welfare demands could not be met. The German economy was also becoming more stable. ... The sense of stability within the Government only went so far as there were still areas of disarray. ... This lead to six changes of Government in the years 1924-29, each of which was a weak coalition. ... One group who felt resentment towards the Government was the elites. ...

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Britain, France and the Prussian government supported the Polish people because they were in favour of liberalism. ... Bismarck sought after a unified Germany without Austria. So a war was proposed to eliminate Austria as a competitor in German affairs. ... It was enough so that Austria was out of German affairs. ... The war was over in 6 months and on the 18th of January 1871 the Prussian King became the Kaiser of Germany and the German nation was born. ...

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The liberals were people who wanted a small amount of change in society and government. They wanted more authority in what happened in the government. ... The radicals wanted the government to give them a voice that would not be ignored. ... After the war southern Germany did not want to unite with northern Germany. ... Bismark told the people of southern Germany that France wanted to attack all Germans. ...

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Soon after, revolutions broke out all over Spain, Italy, Germany, the Austrian Empire and many other places. ... When the German got the news, the up rising in Germany has erupted. People in Germany has already suffered from harvest failures, economic depression and unliberal government, the French Revolution encouraged them to speak up their own opinion, revolutions broke out in Rhineland on March 3rd, then in Berlin. ... The unexpected up rising made the government very nervous, the Emperor at last agreed to some of the demands. ... The serfdom was forever abolished in the Austrian Empir...

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Also pushing people toward national unity in Italy and Germany. ... Germany only existed in the hearts of nationalists in 1850. ... Germans looked to Prussia for leadership. ... Posing as a defender of German nationalism, Prussia declared war on Denmark. ... Nationalism also Pushed governments in well-established states to reach out to citizens for support....

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The new German government faced many crises during its first few years in power. ... Stresemann helped pull Germany out of the crises of 1923, but the fragile government could not keep the support of the Reichstag. ... The Treaty of Versailles had left the German government devastated, as the republic could not pay the costs of the debts. ... The collapse of the Weimar Republic was evident as the people saw the government was not capable of stabilizing Germany. ... Some of these twenty-five governments lasted only a few weeks. ...

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Otto Von Bismarck was born April 1st 1815 in Schönhausen, Germany to father Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck an aristocratic junker estate owner and former Prussian military officer and to well educated mother Wilhelmine Luise Mencken, daughter of a senior government official in Berlin. ... Germany became the first welfare state. ... " (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 should be seen as the resu...

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The German ruling group felt that Germany could become a world great power only through a war. ... The increase in military control of the civilian government also increased cooperation among the military staff of the countries of the same camp. ... Although she could not find any evidence that the Serbian government was connected with the assassination, Austria still declared war on Serbia. ... Germany lose all her past conquests. ... Germany was almost totally disarmed. ...

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A lot of these aspects of Russia are the same today as they were pre-World War 1, yet the culture and government was much different. ... Also the government was run by the last emporer to ever rule over Russia, Tsar Nicholas III. ... Russia was defending Serbia at the time from Germany while helping France because of their alliance. ... The first offensive Russia launched was in August 1914, against Germany in  East Prussia. ... The population was very unhappy and the communist government was trying to retake control of the land. ...

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Otto von Bismarck remains one of the most significant political figures of modern Germany. He is often referred to as the founder of the German Empire and today his legacy still remains embedded in the German Nation. ... Particulars of this social security system included employee, employer and government contributions. ... Bismarck clashed with Kaiser William II over the issue of German policy towards Russia. ... With the signing of the Reinsurance Treaty (1887) Bismarck stamped Germany's safety. ...

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The General of the 8th German Army (500 000 men who stayed back to protect Germany from Russia) was Max Vonprattwitz. ... In 1917 Russia got knocked out of war along with Germany. Once Germany was out of they war, they sent help to France. ... In 1922, the Great Depression hit Germany especially hard. ... They started to blame the Jews because most of them were involved in the Weimar Government. ...

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Both were very conservative, and were also involved in the German confederation. ... At the Congress of Vienna, he worked to create confederations in Germany and Italy. ... Metternich created the German Confederation that led to the North German Alliance founded by Bismarck. This eventually led to the start of the unification of Germany when the North German Alliance convinced south Germany to come together. ... Metternich also established the Carlsbad Decrees, which were to keep the liberals from revolting against his conservative government and changing it to a republic. ...

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Both were very conservative, and were also involved in German confederation. ... At the Congress of Vienna, he worked to create confederations in Germany and Italy. ... Metternich created the German Confederation that led to the North German Alliance founded by Bismarck. This eventually led to the start of the unification of Germany when the North German Alliance convinced south Germany to come together. ... Metternich also established the Carlsbad Decrees, which were to keep the liberals from revolting against his conservative government and changing it to a republic. ...

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National ambitions had been put to one side for the upkeep of an all round defence against the French The continuous expansion of Prussia throughout the 19th Century, eventually culminating in the unification of Germany, was matched by the expansionist programmes of Great Britain and Russia's movements to the East and down towards their southern borders. ... The development of modern state systems throughout a previously static governmental system also came to the fore through constitutional reforms of the great powers. ... This changed after Napoleon as nati...

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Like the reforming despots, he admired administrative uniformity and efficiency, disliked feudalism, religious persecution, and civil inequality, and favored government regulation of trade and industry. The disastrous defeat of the Prussian at Jena in 1806 and French domination of Germany stimulated a movement for reform among members of the Prussian high bureaucracy and officer corps. ...

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