Bismarck's Germany - socialism
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- Created on: 03-02-14 20:02
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- Bismarck finally got his way when an anti-socialist bill was passed in October 1878:
- socialist organisations were banned
- meetings were broken up
- publications outlawed - between 1878-90, about 1500 socialists were imprisoned and many emigrated
- however this didn't stop the SDP as they simply went underground
- following their dip in popularity, they gained over a million votes and 35 seats in the Reichstag
- Bismarck's attack on soacilaism was no more successful than his attack on the church
STATE SOCIALISM:
- Bismarck hoped to gain the working class support by introducting welfare reforms
- in 1883, he introduced the…
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