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Class 8
Class 8
Class 8
Lesson Plan
Urbanization
Depopulation of the countryside
A rise in the number of workers in large-scale
production
An increase in the number of "white collar" workers
Large inequalities in wealth, education, housing, and
health bred social conflict
1878, Bismarck issued an Anti-Socialist Law:
• Bann of all Social Democratic associations, meetings,
newspapers
• Parliamentary caucus was permitted
• 1,500 people imprisoned
September 30, 1890, the Anti-Socialist Law expired
Political Developments