1. What motivated Bismarck to enact reforms in Germany? 2. What kind of reforms were inacted in Germany and Britian?

Question

My answers: 1. Bismarck wanted Germany to be more united and when nationalism spread through Germany it helped Germany become a leading industrial power.
2. I know that workers started to form unions but they were also offered better work conditions by Robert Owen.
I need to know if these answers are correct but I also need a little more information because I have to answer these two questions in a 2 to 3 paragraph essay.

Answer 1

Here are a few sites that may give you more information:

Bismarck and the Unification of Germany By an overwhelming majority the proposed army reforms were rejected and a class struggle ensued. On the verge of abdication William turned to Bismarck for ...
http://www.historyorb.com/europe/bismarck.shtml

Otto von Bismarck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, ..... He enacted a variety of paternalistic social reforms, which can be considered the first ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck

BBC - History ...Austria refused and neither its or Bismarck's reforms happened. Bismarck had successfully ruined Austria's plans and was seen, ironically, as a defender of ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/history/nationalism/unification1_rev.shtml

Germany Needs a Vision For Eurasian Development. by Helga Zepp ...Because of Bismarck's industrial and social reforms, Germany achieved an outstanding living standard. It could afford an excellent health system, ...
http://www.larouchepub.com/hzl/2005/3228berlin_seminar.html

Robert Owen :: Leadership of the trade union movement ...Robert Owen, Leadership of the trade union movement: In his Report to the County of Lanark (a body of landowners) in 1820, Owen declared that reform was not ...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-5436/Robert-Owen

Robert Owen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIt is alleged by the British Spiritualists' National Union that the Seven Principles of spiritualism were dictated by Robert Owen to the medium Emma ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen

Answer 2

I think you should add that Bismarck was a loyal Prussian and as such made Prussia a strong part of the unified Germany.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck

I'm not sure which time period you want for # 2. These sites have information about reforms in the 19th century.

http://www.mises.org/story/1787

http://www.localhistories.org/19thcentengland.html

Answer 3

You can find more information in these ways:

1. Go to http://www.google.com and enter various search terms. To get the results above, I entered bismarck reforms and "robert owen" unions (including the quotation marks. Try different search terms for more results.

2. Search also in Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/schhp?tab=ws&hl=en

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Answer 4

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