Bismarckian Political Parties Revision Worksheet

Lesson Snapshot:

• The political structure was based on the constitution created by Prussia (1867) when she dominated the North German Confederation in the years 1866-1870
• In the Federal Parliament there were 2 houses:
  1. Bundesrat – Upper House: represented the rights and interests of individual states
  2. Reichstag – Lower House: Representatives (397 members) were elected to represent the people by secret male suffrage (almost universal)
• In his aim of national unity, Bismarck had the support of the National Liberal Part
• The National Liberal Party welcomed Bismarck’s push towards national unity and they supported rapid progress towards greater social and economic union

Worksheet Task:

• Aimed at Students studying across AS/A2 or equivalent
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