Essay
Prior to the unifications that took place in, Germany had always been a collection of diverse states. Before the unification of 1871, the religion, customs, and systems of rules were vastly different across all the states. Up until 1990, East Germany and West Germany were divided by the Berlin Wall, where West Germany excelled as an economy and East Germany struggled on their side of the wall. The unifications of Germany in 1871 and 1990 were a distant and disparaged thought in the world, yet they both occurred with comparable economic, political, and social aspects. After the unification of West and East Germany, exports became difficult, productivity was low, and debts were high. Companies could not change this without creating more unemployment. However, once the German states had came together in 1871, only an uprising of strength followed. Germany now had one giant unified and well-trained army that had won many victories to come. The German unification of 1990 struggled economically, yet during the unification of 1871,
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Bismarck had seen the full potential of a unified Germany, and so he had to find means to conquer the south in order to obtain this great power under his control. It took a powerful war against France in order to unite Germany in 1871. However, the unification that took place in 1990 only occured due to the failure of East Germany, where they collapsed before the Berlin Wall did. The East German political system was an abomination, since it was unproductive due to such a high proportion of its population and resources that were devoted to policing the rest of the population. While Germany was politically stronger after the unification in 1871, the unified Germany in 1990 suffered due to the anchor that East Germany was to