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//__**Otto Von Bismarck:**__// position of leadership: The Chancellor of Prusia

What prior experiences do they have that shapes who they are as a leader? : Bismarck came from Prissia's junker class, made up of conservative landowning nobles. He first served Prussia as a diplomat in russia and france.

What is their role and impact in the unification movement? in 1862, King William 1 made him prime minister. within a decade, the new prime minister had become chancellor, or the highest official of a monarch. Bismark also saw a threat to the new german empire in the growing power of socialism. by the late 1870's, german marxists had organized the social democratic party, which called for parliamentry democracy and laws to improve conditions for the working class. By the 1890's, germans had health and accident insurance to provide retirment benefits. Although workers benfited from bismarcks plan, they did not abondon socialism. infact, the social democratic party continued to grow in stregth.

//**__Kaiser William 2:__**//

position of leadership: Emperor

What prior experiences do they have that shapes who they are as a leader? : William was born into leadership, and started taking after his grandfather.

What is their role and impact in the unification movement? William beileved that his right to rule came from god. William resisted efforts to introduce democratic reforms. at the same time, however, his government provided programs for social welfare, or programs to help certain group of people. His gov. also provided services such as cheap transportation and electricty. An excellent system of public schools, which had flourished under bismarck, taught students obidenence to the emperor along with reading, writing, and mathmatics. He also lavished funds on the german military machine, already the most powerful in europe. He also launched an ambititous campaign to expand the german navy and win an overseas empire to rival those of britan and france.