Bismarcks Germany
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- BISMARCKS GERMANY1871-90
- The National Minorities
- He adopted a mixed policy towards the minority racial groups.
- In the east he favoured Germanisation
- 1872-3, German was the only language to be used in schools in the Polish-speaking area's
- Only German could be used in the law courts too
- The minority poles had to accept German ways and customs
- Germans were encouraged to buy up Polish farms in east Prussia to ensure Germanisation in these area's
- Prepared to exploit anti-semitism
- Against Jews
- Jews were blamed as scapegoats
- German became the language permitted in schools Danish North Schleswig
- in1879, when Austria was keen to make an alliance with Germany, Bismarck took the opportunity to abandon a promise made to Austria in 1866, that a PLEBISCITE (direct vote) would be held in North Schelswig to decide the area's future.
- he was reasonably concillitory to the French in Alsace and lorraine
- they suffered from the persecution of the Catholic Church
- He allotted 15 Reichstag deputies to represent the area.
- The National Minorities
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