Statistics for Edexcel History 7. Prosperity and Social Change

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That which reparations were set at in 1921, though only a fraction of this was paid132 billion marks
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That which was caused by the payment of war reparations by France1871 - 1873 Boom
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The years in which the German Empire experienced an economic slump1873 - 1890
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That caused by over investment via the influx of capital from France via reparations, and the overheating of the economy having allowed many otherwise unsustainable and unprofitable businesses to survive1873 Depression
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The year in which Kaisers Wilhelm I and Frederick III died, with Wilhelm II succeeding1888
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The decade in which wages and living standards started to improve1890's
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The year in which German women were given the vote1918
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The years in which the French and Belgians occupied the Ruhr1923 and 1925
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The year in which German agriculture went into crisis due to a worldwide slump in food prices1928
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The only year in which Nazi Germany saw real wage increases1938
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The percentage of total German investment that was put into its railways between 1850 and 187325%
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The percentage of the Berlin population that lived five or six to a room in 191230%
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The percentage of workers employed in enterprises of no more than five employees in 1907 compared to 41.8% in 188231.2%
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The average percentage five yearly growth rate of German railways from 1850 to 188035%
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The percentage of the workforce that was comprised of women in 1980 compared to 37% in Weimar Germany39%
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The percentage by which GNP had increased by 1936 against a reduction in unemployment to under 2 million and a 60% increase in industrial production40%
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The percentage of people that worked in industry by 190242%
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The percentage of electronic goods consumed worldwide by 1913 produced by AEG and Siemens50%
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The percentage of representatives in the Weimar Republic that were women7 - 10%
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The percentage of iron ore resources, coal resources, and arable land respectively, Germany lost after the First World War75%, 25%, and 15%
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The percentage of a working class family's income that was spent on food, rent, heating, and clothing in 187085%
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A group formed in 1893 by Junkers to protect agriculture from foreign competition, somewhat successful in the north but not in the south where peasants established their own groupsAgrarian League
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The popularly held belief that rural life and paternalistic relationships of the land were a desirable and effective counter to the degeneracy of the citiesAgrarian Myth
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That industry the profitability of which was much harmed in the 1870's and 1880's by rural depopulation due to industrialisation and increased competition from cheap grain imports, allowed by free tradeAgriculture
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That industry which comprised 49% of the workforce in 49%, 35% in 1907, and only 2% in 1989Agriculture
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The industry in which most women worked in the 1920'sAgriculture
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That industry which either grew slowly or declined from 1873 onward depending on the yearAgriculture
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That which, in Weimar Germany, suffered due to a fall in food prices due to global overproduction, causing very low real wage growth for farmers, rural rioting (farmer's revenge), and a move by farmers towards extremist parties such as the Nazi'sAgriculture
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That industry which declined from the 1950's onward due to mechanisation and competition from the service sector, somewhat arrested by tariffs on imports imposed in the 1950'sAgriculture
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Those two areas in which average wages were 682 marks and 1163 marks respectively in 1913Agriculture and Industry
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Bismarck-era laws beginning in 1878 that suppressed socialist newspapers, outlawed trade unions, and imprisoned hundredsAnti-Socialist Laws
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Those two groups which were unable to find masters or guilds to work under causing them to turn to industry or a free trade (trade outside of a guild), in alphabetical orderApprentices and Journeymen
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Those that Nazi Germany tried to protect by taxing department stores, limiting the growth of chain stores, and requiring - in the early years - government departments to use such individuals for government contractsArtisans
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That group which declined in number, with many going bankrupt, being unable to compete with larger industries and department stores in the face of Nazi price controls and four year plansArtisans
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The group which was protected only superficially by Nazi Germany in favour of increasing industrial productionArtisans
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That group which tried to regain its position in Weimar Germany through 64% of guilds making membership compulsory, though only 56% of these individuals being members of such guildsArtisans
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Those two social groups whom lost significance in the 19th and 20th centuries in alphabetical orderArtisans and Junkers
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Those two unsuccessfully attempted acts against the Kaiser that saw a swing to the conservatives in the 1878 electionsAssassination
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Economic self sufficiency, which was the focus of the second four year plan, achieved by developing synthetic raw materials, increasing agricultural production, and retraining industrial workersAutarky
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A part of the Hindenburg Programme which imposed military service on all able-bodied men and curtailed the freedom to move jobsAuxiliary Service Law
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That which in the German Empire was largely centralised as it was necessary in order to support the large industries present, often collaborating with them in a cartel arrangement as with Deutsche Bank and Siemens & HalskeBanking
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That system which after the Second World War became independent of government, setting its own interest ratesBanking System
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The West German Constitution that came into effect in 1949, which restored pension and employment rights universally, legalised associations, and sought to improve economic and working conditionsBasic Law
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Those three areas within Germany which saw the greatest impact from industrialisation in alphabetical orderBerlin, Central Germany, and the Ruhr
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The quasi-state formed in 1947 by the merger of the American and British occupation zonesBizonia
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A middle class, women-only feminist organisation seeking to advance women's rights, founded in 1894 and dissolved in 1933 rather than face NazificationBund Deutscher Frauvereine (BDF)
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That metaphor that best described Bismarck's approach to the SPD and working class in the form of state socialism and anti-socialist lawsCarrot and Stick
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Those two processes which helped to grow German industry from 1873, alphabeticallyCartelisation and Conglomerate Integration
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An organisation formed in 1916 to organise imports from neutral countriesCentral Purchasing Company
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Those three things that production of increased by 6.6%, 8.3%, and 18% respectively, each year during the Second Industrial RevolutionChemicals, Metallurgy and Machinery, and Electricity
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That third trade union movement to have formed by the 1890's alongside the Hirsch-Dunker unions and Free Trade Unions, with a membership of 343,000 by 1913Christian Unions
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That which galvanised the women's movement to seek female suffrageCivil Code
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That legislation which was changed in the 1970's and 1980's to equalise men and women, though little changed regarding workCivil Code
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A set of laws relating to property and family, etc., becoming active in 1900 that did practically nothing to improve the circumstances of women, instead enshrining marital inequalities into lawCivil Code
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A socialist, feminist, and member of the KPD (communist party) who rejected the BDF as well as ideas of women being at all biologically distinct from men, leaving Germany on the ascension of the Nazi's to powerClara Zetkin (1857 - 1933)
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A 1950's West German policy of giving workers the right to participate in the management of industry within the framework of a capitalist market economyCo-Determination
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The 1891 - 1894 treaties initiated by Caprivi that guaranteed foreign markets for German exports in exchange for reducing tariffs on cattle, timber, and wheat from those countries (Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, etc.)Commercial Treaties
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Those treaties, the political effects of which were that the conservatives and Junkers, opposed to decreased in food tariffs became a mostly agrarian interest group, forming the Agrarian League in 1893Commercial Treaties
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That the short term affects of which were an initial drop in food prices, though in the long term high subsidies mandated by the policy led to guaranteed high prices for farmers and thus to allocative inefficiencyCommon Agricultural Policy
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A policy introduced in 1962 to reduce competition within the EEC through the principles of free circulation of agricultural goods, common prices on agricultural goods, and a stable exchange rateCommon Agricultural Policy
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That ideology which was seen to be reflected in the agrarian parts of the German EmpireConservatism
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That ideology to which most masters turned, against a background of declining influence, relevance, and representation, seeking to restore themselves to their pre-industrial positionConservatism
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That Junker based group in the Reichstag which tried to ensure continued majorities over the SDP by allying with the upper-middle class and industrial elite 'National Liberals'Conservatives
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That industry which alongside the motor industry most benefited from the first four year planConstruction
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Those medical methods or devices which were restricted in Nazi GermanyContraceptives
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A 1924 America led easing of short term reparations payments which helped economic recovery such that GNP reached pre First World War levels by 1927Dawes Plan
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That which happened to unemployment levels in Nazi GermanyDecreased
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Government funding of spending commitments via borrowingDeficit Financing
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That which helped Germany recover more quickly than any other country affected by the Great DepressionDeficit Financing
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A kind of Nazi trade union of which membership was virtually compulsory, and striking and collective bargaining abolishedDeutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF)
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The German currency introduced under Erhard in 1948 to replace the Reichsmark, distribution of which to banks created stimulus and liquidity for investmentDeutschmark
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The trend in the number of strikes during the Weimar RepublicDownwards
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The trend in women's political engagement and support for radical representatives in Weimar GermanyDownwards
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The burden of working class women to work to supplement their husband's income while also keeping the homeDual Burden
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An economic policy implemented by Hjalmar Schacht, which protected the economy through centralised control and state interventionismEconomic Nationalism
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That, the recovery of which was aided from 1945 until the 1947 Marshall Plan by the fact that much industry could be repaired, there was a highly skilled workforce, and many businesses could return to serving civilian needs quite easilyEconomy
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That sector in which Germany was world leading by the 1880's to 1890's particularly technologically and in research at universitiesEducation
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That which increasing numbers of women found necessary in Weimar Germany as many were single or widowed due to the loss of men during the war, necessitating they support their dependentsEmployment
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The 1891 platform of the SDP based on establishing socialism through legal means in preparation for the 'inevitable revolution'Erfurt Program
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A common market formed in 1957 from the European Coal and Steel Community, which helped reintegrate the West German economy, and provided German exports a bigger marketEuropean Economic Community
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That by which the imperial German economy was led, which helped make the First World War and blockades all the more deleterious to its conditionExports
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Those two things which were fed by cheap labour from urbanisation and population growth, investment from banks, plentiful natural resources, commercial treaties with foreign countries, and large state subsidiesFirst and Second Industrial Revolutions
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The 1933 - 1936 four year plan focussed on reducing unemployment through government intervention, state investment, and reduced foreign dependencyFirst Four Year Plan
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The wave of industrialisation beginning in the 1850's focused on heavy industry and the railwaysFirst Industrial Revolution
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That event, the outbreak of which, saw unity amongst all classes and parties with the one another and the stateFirst World War
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That which the government financed through war bonds which lost much value through inflation and were not honoured after defeat, badly hitting small businesses and white collar workersFirst World War
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Those, the shortfalls in by 1939 were that they had yet to achieve self sufficiency, still had to increase investment in consumer industries, and remained unable to increase agricultural efficiencyFour Year Plans
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That which many industrial workers responded to through passive resistance, resulting in a collapse of industrial output more damaging than the reparations payments themselvesFranco-Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr
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One of the three trade union movements that had formed by the 1890's, being socialist in inspiration, with a membership of 2,500,000 by 1913Free Trade Unions
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Foreign workers employed in West Germany via agreements with other countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece, and TurkeyGastarbeiter
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That the effect of which was that it increased social mobility for German workersGastarbeiter
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A national body formed in 1882 from an earlier 1873 body to help protect artisans and the guild system with some successGeneral League of German Artisans
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A 1918-1919 event which saw the end of the German Empire, the defeat of communist forces, and the establishment of the Weimar RepublicGerman Revolution
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That which posed a challenge to the Junkers as it resulted in them coming into opposition from all the non-Prussian German statesGerman Unification
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An association of West German women's associations supported by conservatives and most of the SPD that promoted traditional Christian societal values and roles, in opposition to eastern communism, though women were given legal equalityGerman Women's Ring
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The 1959 platform of the SDP that abandoned nationalisation in favour of a capitalist frameworkGodesberg Program
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The years 1924 to 1929 in which the economy grew well though unemployment remained high, the economy remained too dependent on foreign loans, and high welfare costs and employer's insurance contributions reduced investmentGolden Years
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The 1875 platform of the SDP based on achieving socialism through Parliamentary meansGotha Program
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The collective name for eight universal banks in Germany which together controlled nearly half of the total assets of all German joint-stock banks by 1913, the five largest of which were; the Reichsbank (founded 1873), Deutsche Bank (founded 1870), Dresdner Bank (founded 1872), Disconto-Gesellschaft (founded 1851), and Darmstädter Bank (founded 1853)Great Banks
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The move to protectionism and resulting alignment of the conservatives with Bismarck in the years 1878 - 1879Great Change
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That which was made so severe in Germany as its economy had been heavily reliant on American investment since the implementation of the Dawes Plan, said investment falling from $1bn to $200m over the course of 1929Great Depression
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The period of economic growth from the onset of the industrial revolution until the Panic of 1873Gründerzeit
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An association of artisans or merchants which controls the practice of its craft or trade in a particular town or cityGuild
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A skilled craftsman whom may train apprentices and employ journeymen in his own businessGuilded Master
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Those which Nazi Germany superficially helped by requiring owners of artisan businesses be members of such organisations, while requiring all artisans to also pass the Masters Examination in his craftGuilds
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Chancellor of Germany for a few months in 1923 who introduced and stabilised the new currency, reduced expenditure, defeated extremists in Bavaria and Saxony, and reached rapprochement with France over reparationsGustav Stresemann (1878 - 1923)
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A legal category Germany after the Second World War defining what constituted a skilled craft-workerHandwerk
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The 1916 economic and armaments programme of Paul von Hindenburg and the German High Command which intensified state control over those areasHindenburg Programme
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One of the three trade union movements that had formed by the 1890's, associated with liberal parties, with a membership of 107,000 by 1913Hirsch-Duncker Unions
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President of the Reichsbank from 1933 to 1939 and Minister of Economics from 1934 - 1937, who devised the 'New Plan' centred on economic nationalismHjalmar Schacht
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That which was best weathered by those able to pay off debt, exploit demand (craftsmen, industrialists, farmers, etc.) and who held wealth such as in property or landHyperinflation
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The period from 1923 - 1924 in which excessive printing of money saw the mark fall from 20 marks to the pound in 1918 to 20 billion marks to the pound in 1923 resulting in families and businesses going bankruptHyperinflation
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Those foreign goods which made it difficult for artisans to prosperImports
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Those two processes that saw a third of Germans living in towns and cities in 1871, up to two thirds by 1914, in alphabetical orderIndustrialisation and Urbanisation
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That group which most benefited in Nazi Germany, largely as a result of rearmamentIndustrialists
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Those two groups whom together comprised the German lower class after 1860 in alphabetical orderIndustrial Workers and Peasants
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That, the destruction of which after the Second World War, was beneficial in that it allowed for new more efficient factories to be establishedIndustry
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That which Nazi Germany responded to the threat of - caused by labour and consumer goods shortages - by fixing wage levels etc.Inflation
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That, the destruction of which most hampered immediate economic growth after the Second World WarInfrastructure
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The month and year in which a mass strike occurred across Germany to which the government responded brutally, and many male strikers were sent to the front, thereby inadvertently spreading socialist ideas and instabilityJanuary 1918
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A person trained in a skilled craft who works under a masterJourneyman
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That class which disappeared after the Second World War as their source of wealth located mostly in the east was nationalised and collectivised by the Soviet backed regimesJunkers
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That group which retained considerable power in Weimar Germany by agreeing under General Groener to support the republic militarily in exchange for retaining its authority, though the change in the voting system reduced them significantly in the ReichstagJunkers
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That group which comprised the German upper class prior to 1945Junkers
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That group which were mostly replaced by party insiders and industrialists in Nazi Germany, causing many of them to turn against the regimeJunkers
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The three K's on which 19th century German women were to centre their pursuits, in alphabetical order, meaning children, kitchen, and churchKinder, Küche, and Kirche
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The German Chancellor from 1949 to 1963 who saw West Germany internationalise (join the IMF, etc.) and integrate economically with Western EuropeKonrad Adenauer
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That post Second World War conflict that helped to increase international - particularly US and British - demand for German industrial goodsKorean War
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A 1933 law that gave married couples a loan of nine months average income, a quarter of which would be cleared for each child born up to 100% at four childrenLaw for the Encouragement of Marriage
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A 1933 law that restricted the rights of women to work, especially professionally, and gave preference to men where applicants were equally qualifiedLaw for the Reduction of Unemployment
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That wing of the Nazi party that Hitler ignored so as to retain the crucial cooperation of business and industry in the first Four Year PlanLeft
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He who introduced the commercial treaties so as to reduce food prices during the bad harvests of 1890 to 1891, achieve self sufficiency, and reverse the effect of the shrinking overseas market for industrial goodsLeo von Caprivi
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Chancellor of Germany from 1890 to 1894 and successor to Bismarck whom moved away from protectionism in favour of commercial treatiesLeo von Caprivi (1831 - 1899)
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The class from which most German white-collar workers originatedLower Middle Class
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The German Economics Minister from 1949 to 1963 who helped create a social market economy, used deregulation, privatisation, and state investment aid to business and industry to achieve very high GNP growth in the 1940's and 1950'sLudwig Erhard
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That personal status of which - alongside what was earned by her husband - was the biggest determinant of whether a women worked or not in Weimar GermanyMarital Status
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That the goals of which were to liberalise the international economy and to further political ties between the US and Western Europe against the backdrop of the Cold WarMarshall Plan
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That, the principle economic impact of which was that it provided a stable economic environment for an already recovering economyMarshall Plan
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A 1948 - 1951 package of American financial assistance to help rebuild Western Europe of which West Germany was the third largest recipient behind the UK and FranceMarshall Plan
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A skilled craftsman whom owns his own businessMaster
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Promissory notes issued to industry by government in the name of the fake 'Metallurgische Forschungsgesellschaft'' from 1933 to finance rearmamentMefo Bills
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Those two classes of women that were more stigmatised from work than others, instead having roles in charity and philanthropy, alphabeticallyMiddle and Upper Class Women
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That class which prior to industrialisation was comprised of professionals and highly skilled craftsmen and artisansMiddle Class
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That class which became one of salaried professional rather than farmers and small business owners in West GermanyMiddle Class
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That class which grew frustrated during industrialisation by being caught between an unyielding elite and a growing number of workersMiddle Class
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Tenement housing, home to large numbers of the increasing number of workers, often being unsanitary and overcrowded, leading to epidemicsMietskaserne
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That group which formed the core of Nazi Party voters, in part due to opposition to department storesMittelstand
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That group which rebounded after the Second World War by working with industry such as by servicing machines and providing servicesMittelstand
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The lower middle class, such as shopkeepers and artisansMittelstand
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The symbolic women's branch of the Nazi PartyNational Socialist Women's League
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The official name of the Nazi PartyNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
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That between the German Empire and UK that, due to most powers of taxation being held by the states, caused the government to resort to deficit financing and increased tariffs, leading to internal political tensions and a rise in the cost of goodsNaval Arms Race
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The naval expansion programme under Tirpitz from 1897 that sought to exert world power, which helped create jobs and boost the economy, thereby garnering popular support except from the leftNaval Laws
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That which was a more unifying factor due to it being the child of the German Empire as opposed to the army which remained dominated by PrussiaNavy
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That period in which trade unions were abolishedNazi Germany
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That government one of the main goals of which in reemphasising traditional roles for women was to encourage marriage and childbearing to tackle the falling birth rate, and to reduce unemploymentNazi Germany
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The factor by which the number of cartels - legal and encouraged in Germany - increased from 1900 to 1908Nearly Double
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The measure of GNP minus depreciation, which increased at an average rate of 1.84% between 1850 and 1873Net National Product
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The 1934 plan by Hjalmar Schacht to reduce unemployment, control imports, and stimulate demand by imposing protectionist tariffs, restricting the movement of capital abroad, taking direct responsibility for the banking system, and increasing state spendingNew Plan
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The idealised view of women in Weimar Germany as being urbanised, financially independent, single, and sexually activeNew Weimar Woman
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The central banks of each of the German States, merged into the Reichsbank in 1876 with the exception of those in Baden, Bavaria, Saxony, and WürttembergNotenbanken
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That party which many conservatives and Junkers supports in the 1930's as they saw it as something that could be manipulated to their own ends, allowing them to restore the old orderNSDAP
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That party which received 18.2% of the vote in 1930 and 37.3% of the vote in 1932, the latter making them the largest partyNSDAP
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That party which made the most electoral gains in 1930 by areas dominated by small family farmsNSDAP
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That 1917 event in Russia which inspired much socialist unrest in GermanyOctober Revolution
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The two opposing camps in historiography in interpreting the effects on living conditions of industrialisation, in alphabetical orderOptimists and Pessimists
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The individual who resigned as chancellor in 1890 under pressure from Wilhelm II and his increasing inability to manage German politicsOtto von Bismarck
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A German Reichstag member during the Weimar period who argues against women's suffragePaula Müller Otfried (1865 - 1946)
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That class which was vital to the interests and wealth of the JunkersPeasantry
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That which was in a standstill by 1914 due to the SDP Reichstag and Junker government failing to cooperatePolitics
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That which saw an increase after the Second World War, allowing for the maintenance of a cheap labour force via the influx of eastern immigrants and refugees as well as GastarbeiterPopulation
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That which increased in Germany from the mid-to-late 19th century due to improvements in medicine, sanitation, and public healthPopulation
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That economic policy turned to by Bismarck in the 1870's in an effort to placate industrialists lobbying for tariffs in the depression and to maintain the agriculturally based power of the JunkersProtectionism
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That economic policy turned to by Bismarck in the 1870's in an effort to maintain agriculture and industry, threatened by cheap imports, while also gaining revenue for armaments and administrationProtectionism
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A joint-stock company and notenbanken formed in 1847 with privately held capital but under state control and direction, becoming the Reichsbank together with all but four of the other German notenbankenPrussian Bank
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Those Germans whom initially overwhelmingly dominated by the German Empire's military, civil service, and state institutionsPrussians
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That which happened regarding politics during the Great DepressionRadicalisation
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The which the conservatives often saw the working class and SDP as being?Revolutionaries
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A powerful 1893 - 1945 cartel which controlled the output, markets, and prices within the coal industryRhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate (RWKS)
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Workers who rented a bed rather than a roomSchlafburschen
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The 1936 - 1939 Four Year Plan under Hermann Göring focussed on speeding up rearmament by increasing state supervision of the economy and moving away from consumer industriesSecond Four Year Plan
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The wave of technological growth from 1890 to 1914, focused on electricity, chemicals, engineering, and other new technologiesSecond Industrial Revolution
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An 1889 international association of socialist parties and trade unions that argues women due to their particular nature should be forbidden from night workSecond Socialist International
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That period during which the German economy, particularly after 1941, was supported by the importation of raw materials and slave labour from conquered territories as well as reforms made under Armaments Minister Albert SpeerSecond World War
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That event which caused Nazi Germany to relax restrictions on women in education and work (though not politics) due to manpower shortages and industrial necessitySecond World War
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The idea that men occupy a public role in work and politics separate to the private role of women in the homeSeparate Spheres
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That type of production that became predominant in Germany from the 1960's onwardServices
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That sector of the economy which grew in West Germany relative to the othersService Sector
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That ideology to which most journeymen turned, against a background of increased competition from industry and reduced employabilitySocial Democracy
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That ideology which was seen to be reflected in the industrialised pasts of the German EmpireSocial Democracy
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A party formed in 1875 to seek social equality which by 1912 was the largest party in the ReichstagSocial Democratic Party
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That party within which the main debate was as to whether socialism should be achieved through reform or revolutionSocial Democratic Party
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That party which grew along with the ideology of socialism in response to repression having alienated the working class, and protectionism having increased bread pricesSocial Democratic Party
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That party which most workers supported before 1933Social Democratic Party
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The movement of individuals, families, households, etc. between layers or classes of societySocial Mobility
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A far-left movement led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg that split from the SDP, becoming the Communist Party of Germany in 1918Spartacus League
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Those social reforms including; basic health insurance, accident insurance, and rudimentary old age and disability pensions, introduced by Bismarck alongside anti-socialist laws to reduce SDP supportState Socialism
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That which Bismarck introduced to reduce support for the SDP, though had the opposite effect by associating the existence of the SDP with further reformsState Socialism
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The industry in which Germany went from a net importer in 1850 to a net exporter in 1870Steel
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A 1918 agreement between trade unions and industry that gave the former legal recognition and instituted an eight hour working day, much to the opposition of the latterStinnes-Legien Agreement
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A Nazi organisation that encouraged increased holiday in lieu of pay risesStrength through Joy
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That 1879 act the political effect of which was that it divided the liberals between those accepting of such an instrument and those opposing whom broke away to form the Progressives, thus ending Bismarck's reliance on the liberals in favour of the conservatives and centreTariff Act
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An 1879 act pushed through by the conservatives that; placed import duties on grain, iron, and steel, plus more products in subsequent yearsTariff Act
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That which the Junkers successfully managed to impose on American and Russian grain imports in 1879Tariffs
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That an increase in which helped fund the Weimar Republic's welfare reformsTaxes
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Those that were imposed more heavily on single men and childless couples in Nazi GermanyTaxes
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A Nazi organisation that encouraged better working conditions for workersThe Beauty of Labour
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That kind of labour association which was legally recognised in 1890Trade Union
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Those the membership of which increased from 50,000 to 278,000 from 1877 to 1891?Trade Unions
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Those, the principal focus of which during the 1860's to 1890's was self help against the risks of sickness, disability, and accidents, as well as the provision of educational and leisure opportunities, only rarely becoming involved in organising strikesTrade Unions
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Those labour associations that membership of increased in the Weimar Republic due to in large part to their newfound legal recognitionTrade Unions
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Those labour associations whose support was crucial to the success of the women's movement, where such success actually manifestedTrade Unions
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The quasi-state formed in 1948 by the merger of the French occupation zone with Bizonia, becoming West Germany in 1949Trizonia
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The winter of 1916 - 1917 when bad harvests and cold weather caused malnutrition in Germany's urban populationTurnip Winter
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That which increased to 29.9% of the working population during the Great Depression in 1932Unemployment
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That which Nazi Germany went about addressing by initiating large infrastructure projects, and introducing compulsory labour schemes and conscriptionUnemployment
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That which 38% of the population was directly affected by during the Great DepressionUnemployment
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That, the official figures for which rose from 1.6 million in October 1929 to 6.1 million in February 1932Unemployment
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Those countries that had the largest and second largest shares of world trade in 1900United Kingdom and the German Empire
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The general direction of movement in real wages in West GermanyUpwards
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The trend in the standard of living and wages in the 1930'sUpwards
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The general trend in real wages in the German Empire after 1873Upwards
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The trend in where people lived that occurred continuously from the German Empire to and through West GermanyUrbanisation
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Those that increased in real terms in Weimar Germany due to collective agreements between workers and industry, until the finally fell again due to the Great Depression and the government's wish to combat collective bargainingWages
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President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics (1938 - 1945) who acted largely under the direction of Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler, being less opposed to rearmament that Hjalmar SchachtWalther Funk
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That, which 67% of industrial investment went towards preparing for under the second four year planWar
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That government under which social reform in the form of unemployment insurance, health insurance, and a huge house building programme to increase living conditions, was implementedWeimar Republic
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The German policy of the 1890's onward that sought to increase power overseas through military expansion, economic hegemony, and territorial/colonial expansionWeltpolitik
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That type of work which saw an increase due to increases in the service sector, the Second Industrial Revolution, and the growth in civil governmentWhite-Collar Work
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That group that constituted 4.7% and 10.7% of the workforce in 1882 and 1907 respectively?White-Collar Workers
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That group which has largely succeeded the social position of artisansWhite-Collar Workers
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That group - often undertaking office or clerical work - that earned an average of 4151 marks in 1900?White Collar Workers
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That type of worker which constituted 25% of Nazi Party members from 1928 to 1933White-Collar Workers
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Those two social groups whom saw a rise in prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries in alphabetical orderWhite-Collar Workers and the Working Class
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Those individuals whose wages increased relative to their opposite number during the First World WarWomen
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That demographic which most benefited from the growth in white-collar work, as their opposite number were needed in the military and heavy industryWomen
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That demographic which in Nazi Germany were viewed as having the roles of domestic wives and mothers, separate from the world of work, whose role it was to support her husband, home, and familyWomen
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That demographic which most commonly supported Catholic and middle class partiesWomen
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That demographic which filled many jobs during the First World War until removed by law at the war's end to the anger of many socialist proponentsWomen
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That demographic which by 1980 was over-represented in part-time work and under-represented in management and PHD and MD level workWomen
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That movement which was weak due to being divided over how to go about justifying and achieving its proponents rights, with socialists promoting an economic basis and liberals a legal and political oneWomen's Movement
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An 1891 act that reduced working hours for women and those under 16 and granted maternity leave of 8 weeks (2 before birth) among other things, so as to make work easier for women while also promoting their traditional roles ad mothers in the homeWorkers Protection Act
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That class that suffered the most from unemployment during the Great Depression, though middle class businessmen and shopkeepers suffered alsoWorking Class
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That class the demands of which many blamed the economic difficulties after 1923 onWorking Class
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That class of women which was most heavily affected by the 1943 labour draftWorking Class
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That class which along with trade unions gained greater bargaining power during the First World War via the threat and use of strikes and unrestWorking Class
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That, which generally improved in Nazi Germany due to better ventilation, food, and the encouragement of leisure activities, though many legal-rights were removed and average working hours increasedWorking Conditions
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A 1930 revised plan for German reparations payments that reduced the amount to be paid and saw the occupation of the Ruhr endYoung Plan
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