Zusammenfassung der Ressource
To what extent was the constitution
responsible for keeping Germany's
political system intact?
- Moderate reform
- SPD limited by reforms
- Few but enough to keep people happy
- Moderate nature agreed with conservatism
- Nationalistic foreign policy
- People were patriotic about success
- Weltpolitik well liked by all classes and political parties
- Nationalism and patriotism
- Nationalist pressure groups supported Kaiser
- SPD untraditionally loyal to Kaiser
- Formation of Germany created universal belief that Kaiser was meant to be in power
- Constitution and political parties
- Disunity of political parties meant no united aims
- Unfair voting system enabled Kaiser to monopolise power
- Keep his supporters as majority
- Could dissolve the Reichstag
- Could not be broken