Bismarck used skilled diplomacy as well as opportunism to reach his goals. ... Soon after its establishment, the empire was concerned by the Kulturkampf, a brutal struggle between the state on the one hand and the Roman Catholic Church and Catholic Center party on the other. ... However, the struggle lost strength after Bismarck failed to break the authority of the Center party, which made great gains in the Reichstag in 1878. ... The relations between Bismarck and the Center party continued to improve, and the chancellor turned his consideration near the socialists, who had improved their po...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One year later, Wilson led the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles to reach an international pact that included the points. ... Wilson was unwilling to compromise on this issue, and made the situation even worse when he called on the Democratic Party to oppose Lodge's doubts and elect a Democratic president in the upcoming election to be able to ratify the treaty. ... The American disgrace held Wilson's foolish stubbornness and inability to compromise with the Republican Party accountable. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This caused the citizens to lose faith in the government and democracy and seek out extremist parties, like the Nazi Party.8 One can then conclude that these economic sanctions on Germany, which caused a crumbling economy, assisted Hitler in his rise to power thus creating World War II. ... The harsh sanctions imposed on Germany made by the treaty caused Germans to be resentful and seek out the Nazi Party, and Hitler for help. ... If the Treaty of Versailles imposed a way for all of Europe to reach stability, did not seek such harsh reparations and created a useful collective security body t...

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The way that he was able to control and hypnotize the country of Germany into doing his beckon call has been a feat never reached by another human being after him. ... While spying on the German Worker's party he voiced his opinion on a pure Germany and was asked to join the organization and be a regular speaker. ... His now Socialist Party the majority in the Reichstag, which is similar to our congress. ...

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It appeared to work until Germany's Nazi party came to power in 1933. ... Austria and Czechoslovakia were taken over and an accord was reached by then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for "Peace in our time." ...

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• Grade Level: High School