Wilhelm: 1890-1914

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Wilhelm's maternal grandmother
Queen Victoria
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Upper house of the national parliament. Essentially a conservative body.
Bundesrat
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Largest party in the Reichstag by 1912, winning 28% of the vote.
SPD
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Party representing German Catholics
Centre Party
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Formed in 1893, powerful right-wing nationalist movement.
Pan-German League
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Reich's largest state
Prussia
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'World policy'
Weltpolitik
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The officer class, Junker landowners, industrial and business leaders, senior civil servants and judges
Elites
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Newest ideas and techniques, especially in art, music, literature, drama and architecture
Avant-garde
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A hatred of, or hostility to, Jews
Anti-Semitism
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Belief that this was the master race
Aryan
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People who are opposed to war
Pacifism
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A king who has virtually absolute power
Absolute monarch
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Caprivi's social reforms
'New course'
14 of 17
In 1907 Wilhelm's friend and closest adviser, Eulenburg, was trialled for being a homosexual.
Eulenburg
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Scandal that underlined the authority of the German army
Zabern affair
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Chancellor appointed in 1909
Bethmann-Hollweg
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Upper house of the national parliament. Essentially a conservative body.

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Largest party in the Reichstag by 1912, winning 28% of the vote.

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Party representing German Catholics

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Formed in 1893, powerful right-wing nationalist movement.

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