the kaiser and germany

• Wilhelm II pursued an aggressive foreign policy and imperial ambitions that escalated international tensions before World War I.
• when did wilhelm become the kaiser of germany?

  1888
• what were the kaisers 5 main aims?

  -build a large and powerful navy, make germanys army the most powerful in the world, build and empire to compete with britain, develop aggressive foreign policy, industrialise germany
• what were the naval laws
• what were the naval laws?

  German laws passed in the early 20th century to expand the German navy.
• what is socialism

  the idea that all wealth in society should be shared equally
• what impact did socialism have on the german society

  german business and landowners were very wealthy and workers became unhappy with low wages leading more people to vote for socialism, the social democrat party became the biggest party in the reichstag by 1912 - threat to kaiser as the monarchy were nationalists
• when and why did the kaiser abdicate?

  November 1918, lost support.
• when and why did ww1 break out?

  1914, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
• when and why did ww1 end?

  1918, Germany signs an armistice
• what is an armistice?

  Ceasefire
• what the the impacts for ww1?

  Treaty of Versailles, economic devastation (debt), change from kaiser to democracy, women working