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Bismarckian politics

Explore the political maneuvers of Otto von Bismarck, King of Prussia, in achieving German unification post-1815, with a focus on wars, alliances, and challenges faced. Witness the dynamic landscape of 19th-century Europe through Bismarck's lens.

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Bismarckian politics

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  1. Bismarckian politics

  2. William I., King of Prussia

  3. Germany after 1815

  4. German unification I • Bismarck is a power politician

  5. German unification I • Bismarck is a power politician • His aim is Prussian supremacy within a unified „small“ Germany

  6. German unification I • Bismarck is a power politician • His aim is Prussian supremacy within a unified „small“ Germany • He is a conservative Junker

  7. German unification I • Bismarck is a power politician • His aim is Prussian supremacy within a unified „small“ Germany • He is a conservative Junker • „Decisions are made by blood and iron“

  8. German unification I • Bismarck is a power politician • His aim is Prussian supremacy within a unified „small“ Germany • He is a conservative Junker • „Decisions are made by blood and iron“ • Revolution from above – unification by the means of war

  9. German unification I • War against Denmark in 1864

  10. German unification I • War against Denmark in 1864 • War against Austria in 1866

  11. The battle of Königgrätz , July 1866

  12. The North German Confederation 1867

  13. German unification I • War against Denmark in 1864 • War against Austria in 1866 • War against France in 1870/71

  14. Bismarck leads Napoleon III. to William I. after the battle of Sedan, 2. September 1871

  15. William I is proclaimed German emperor in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, 18. January 1871

  16. Hissing of the German flag at Vanves, 19. January 1871

  17. German Empire 1871

  18. Marianne comforting Elsa after the loss of Alsace-Lorraine

  19. German unification IICustom‘s Union 1834

  20. German unification IICustoms Union 1836

  21. German unification IICustoms Union 1854

  22. German unification IICustoms Union 1871

  23. German unification III • „If we place German liberalism in the full European context, then the investment of liberal hopes in the Bismarckian settlement of 67 – 71 appears not as a liberalism-denying compromise, but as a powerful, if unfinished, realization of liberal visions of the future (…) Germany was remade along the lines German liberals had broadly envisaged.“ Geoff Eley

  24. Kulturkampf • All schools placed under state supervision

  25. Kulturkampf • All schools placed under state supervision • Jesuit order banned (1872)

  26. Kulturkampf • All schools placed under state supervision • Jesuit order banned (1872) • May Laws (1873)

  27. Kulturkampf • All schools placed under state supervision • Jesuit order banned (1872) • May Laws (1873) • Civil marriage introduced (1874/75)

  28. Kulturkampf • All schools placed under state supervision • Jesuit order banned (1872) • May Laws (1873) • Civil marriage introduced (1874/75) • Suspension of church subsidies, dissolution of religious orders (1875)

  29. Ferdinand Lassalle August Bebel

  30. Foundation of the German Social Democratic Party in Gotha 1875

  31. Anti-socialist bill 1878 • Socialist and communist meetings, societies and publications forbidden • Socialist agitators expelled

  32. Anti-socialist bill 1878 • Socialist and communist meetings, societies and publications forbiden • Socialist agitators expelled • Socialist parliamentary party persisted!

  33. Results of the federal elections in 1878 and in 1890

  34. poor family in Berlinaround 1900

  35. German welfare state • Sickness insurance act in 1883

  36. German welfare state • Sickness insurance act in 1883 • Accident insurance act in 1884

  37. German welfare state • Sickness insurance act in 1883 • Accident insurance act in 1884 • Sickness and accident insurance for agricultural workers in 1886

  38. German welfare state • Sickness insurance act in 1883 • Accident insurance act in 1884 • Sickness and accident insurance for agricultural workers in 1886 • Old age and invalidity insurance act in 1889

  39. Europe at the age of Bismarck

  40. Bismarckian system • Three Emperors‘ League in 1873 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary)

  41. Berlin Congress, 1878

  42. Bismarckian system • Three Emperors‘ League in 1873 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary) • Dual Alliance in 1879 (Germany – Austria-Hungary)

  43. Bismarckian system • Three Emperors‘ League in 1873 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary) • Dual Alliance in 1879 (Germany – Austria-Hungary) • Three Emperors‘ Agreement in 1881 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary)

  44. Bismarckian system • Three Emperors‘ League in 1773 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary) • Dual Alliance in 1879 (Germany – Austria-Hungary) • Three Emperors‘ Agreement in 1881 (Germany – Russia – Austria-Hungary) • Triple Alliance in 1882 (Germany – Italy – Austria-Hungary)

  45. Bismarckian system • Mediterranean Agreement I and II in 1887 (Britain, Italy, Austria-Hungary)

  46. Bismarckian system • Mediterranean Agreement I and II in 1887 (Britain, Italy, Austria-Hungary) • Reassurance Treaty in 1887 (Germany and Russia)

  47. William IIGerman emperor

  48. Dropping the pilot 1890

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