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12.02.2014
Poor relief, public health, social insurance
General information
Religious organizations and the German youth helped the poor in both rural and urban areas Efforts to solve the social question (introduced by Bismarck in order to make the people content
(na ja...=> fulfil traditional socialist demands to take away votes from the SPD rather) Problems that affected the working class: undernourishment, poor health, premature death
Gaps in the social safety net moved to the forefront
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Poor relief doctor in Berlin Lots of workers turned to him Milieu = full of ignorance, lack of education
Diseases : CholeraTuberculosisSummer diarrheaBatched abortionsBad diets and living conditions
The Social Question
The question on how to deal with the very bad social situation described in the text above which followed the Industrial Revolution. (19th century)
The “carrot-andstick”- method
Carrot on the one hand representing the laws Bismarck installed which were in favour of the Social Democrats (state-supported insurance for sickness, accidents, and old age)
Stick on the other hand representing the pressure, oppression and the hostility towards the Social Democrats (=> Anti-Socialist Laws!).
Weblinks
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/subpage.cfm?subpage_id=99 http://www.larapedia.com/history/Bismarck_and_German_Unification_Summary.html http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soziale_Frage (please do not rely on Wikipedia or “larapedia”)
Kiki Josifek, Ryan Schou, Valentina Stichnoth, Maike Haase, Debbie Reiner
Lots of people died
