Question

In the 1880s, Otto von Bismarck led the legislature of Germany to pass laws to __________.
a. forbid labor unions
b. slow industrial development
c. provide workers with financial security during illness and old age
d. increase the number of daily working hours for factory employees

Answer 1

The correct answer is this one: c. provide workers with financial security during illness and old age.

Bismark's Germany was the first welfare state in the world, as he believed that the biggest problem for the workers is lack of security.