Results of the Tariff Act 1879
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 08-04-17 10:43
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- RESULTS of the Tariff Act 1879
- The Act introduced protective import duties in Germany, which stopped free trade
- POLITICAL results
- At this point, Bismarck had fully allied himself with the Conservatives
- This was because the Act splintered the National Liberals
- PROBLEMS within the National Liberals
- People who still believed in free trade & parliamentary govt BROKE AWAY
- Instead they united with the PROGRESSIVES to form a new RADICAL party in 1884
- People who still believed in free trade & parliamentary govt BROKE AWAY
- Although there were National Liberals who remained LOYAL to Bismarck, he was no longer dependent on them
- At this point, Bismarck had fully allied himself with the Conservatives
- ECONOMIC results
- Protective tariffs consolidated the work of UNIFICATION by drawing the NORTH & SOUTH GERMANY closer together
- This ACCELERATED the growth of a large INTERNAL MARKET
- Tariffs did serve to PROTECT German jobs
- SUCCESSES
- The THREAT of the National Liberals ended
- ACCELERATED the growth of a large internal market
- UNTIED the NORTH & SOUTH Germany closer together
- Tariffs protected German jos
- LIVING STANDARDS did not suffer
- FAILURES
- A new RADICAL PARTY was formed which was a threat to Bismarck
- HIGHER BREAD PIRCES
- The CENTRE Party & the NATIONAL LIBERALS were determined to FUSTRATE Bismarck's attempt to make the GOVT less dependent on the states & the Reichstag
- Bismarck FAILED to secure the FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
- Less trade meant less variety
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