Otto von Bismarck felt the Catholic Church and socialists
drew the people's allegiance away from the German State. He gained the working
class's support from the Socialists. He identified himself with the liberals
and went against the church in "Kulturkampf" meaning, culture
struggle.
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He educated himself and his people and negotiated to maintain independence
The American army was a rag-tag group of militias combined together but the British were trained soldiers with uniforms and better conditions.