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Foreign Policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II (Impact of German foreign policy on…

- - - - Their interests were not represented by the government
        
        The Kaiser protected the Junkers. The German conservative landowners
        
        The Junkers controlled various government institutions
        
        the Prussian army
        
        the legal system
        
        the civil service
        
        the diplomatic corps
        
        The Junkers had introduced some moderate reforms to quell the rise of socialism
        
        Like: accident insurance, old age pensions
        
        But they failed
        
        K. Wilhelm was scared of this rise of socialism
        
        Tried to unite all classes through nationalism and militarism
        
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        The workers tended to vote for the German Social Democratic Party (unlike the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party since it wasn't invented yet)
        
        Belief: Germany should slowly establish a socialist state
        
        When Bismarck was gone, they were 20% of the votes; in 1912, they were the largest