Kaiser

• What kind of leader was Kaiser Wilhelm || 


  Dictator
• Prussia was...

  a large, militaristic state
• what does militarism mean

  belief that a county should have strong armed forces
• What does Bundesrat mean?

  group of German states who support the Kaiser
• SPD


  The democratic party
• What is socialism?


  a system of government that's democratic
• who was the kaiser the grandson of?

  Queen Victoria
• why did the kaiser want to be like Britain


  As is had:

  Large Empire

  Dominated world trade

  Navy was big
• how did the Kaiser act on his dreams to be like Britain?

  Building Germans industry
• By 1913 Germany was producing more Iron and steel as they had more coal and more workers.
• But with more factories more workers were needed causing them to join trade unions to improve their working conditions.
• What were the Kaisers Problems

  Taxes

  Challenge from SPD

  Expense - how do they protect it

  Trade unions - workers want better working conditions
• What were the Kaisers Ambitions?

  Larger Navy

  empire abroad : A place under the sun

  Weltpolitik

  industrialise Germany
• what is weltpolitik?


  An imperialist foreign policy of the German Empire