Zusammenfassung der Ressource
To what extent was Germany a
parliamentary democracy in the years
1900-14?
- Parliamentary democracy
(people)
- SPD
- Workers
- All men over 25 had the vote
- Better than Britain
- Reichstag
- Laws had to go through it
- Kaiser
- Could dissolve Reichstag
- Army Bill
- Zabern Affair
- Constitutional not democratic
- Final say
- Chose chancellor
- Elites
- Kaiser rarely in Berlin
- Naval Law 1912
- Blocked change to voting system
- Pressure groups
- Agrarian League
- Elite-focused
- 1902 Tariff Law
- Chancellor
- Often left to decide
- Daily Telegraph Affair
- Post depended on supporting Kaiser
- 5 chancellors in time period