germany democracy and disctatorship

• One problem in kaiser germany before WW1 was that it was very undemocratic
• Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to make Germany into a world superpower, but he did not want to listen to anyone else's ideas or opinions.
• In 1906, the Reichstag passed a law which meant that they could vote on laws without the Kaiser having to approve them first
• the Kaiser appointed his own chancellor who would be responsible for running the country on behalf of him
• Problematic since the kaiser was unpredicatable
• Another problem was that the kaiser germany was very unpredictable
• despite the fact it produced more iron steel and coal then britan
• its workers suffered from low wages and working conditions
• as a result they joined trade union and went on strike and supported a political party called social demicrats
• another problem was that Kaisers Germany was very militaristic
• the armed forces encourged the Kaiser to pass navey laws that incresed the number of big battleships
• They hoped the battleships would challenge the British navy and increase the size of its empire and turn Germany into a world class power policy called weltpolitik
• Navy laws were important since inside Germany they led to criticism that the money could have been better spent improving lives on the German workers
• Outside Germany they started an arms race with Britian that led to WW1