How Did the Emperor and Other Members of the Aristocratic

question 10

Multiple Choice

How did the emperor and other members of the aristocratic class retain so much power in the newly unified Germany?

• A) The German parliament was composed exclusively of members from the upper classes.
• B) Aristocratic heads of households could control the votes of women elected to the Reichstag.
• C) Since only aristocrats were educated and literate, they controlled the election process, and therefore the Reichstag.
• D) The Reichstag had limited legislative powers and required the assent of the emperor and a Federal Council (Bundesrat), which was composed of aristocratic representatives.
• E) Outside Prussia, German aristocrats controlled other states' politics and would continue to do so.

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