Zusammenfassung der Ressource
What was the biggest problem facing the Second Reich?
- Demand for social reform from socialists
- SPD had growing support
- Reforms to please socialists - seen as threat
- Demand for constitutional reform
- Ruling classes remained in charge
- Daily Telegraph Affair
- Zabern Affair
- Prussian voting system
- SPD growth did not equal power
- Tensions over demands for more aggressive foreign policy
- Few opportunities to expand as territory taken by other powers
- SPD against due to need for social reform
- Herero Uprising
- SPD voted for 1913 Army Bill for patriotism
- Socialists and Catholic opposed to colonialism
- Demand for more power by Centre Party
- Resented treatment by Bulow
- Voted to cause disharmony
- Fragmentation and radicalisation of right wing politics
- Groups wanted to protect own interests
- Middle class groups
- Nationalist groups
- Anti-socialist, radicalised politics
- Anti-semitism