Best Answer - Chosen by Voters People in Germany were proud of their country's achievements. They were proud of all the great German writers and composers of the past. They were happy that Germans was so economically successful and had such a strong army. They wanted Germany to be seen as a leading power in Europe and in the world at the time. Criticism of the government was not allowed and obedience to authority- whether it be a parent, a teacher, an employer or the Kaiser- was considered to be a good quality. All over Germany a wife insists on taking the title of her husband with a feminine termination, There is Madame General-ess, Madame privy-councilor-ess, Madame day-book-keeper-ess. Other Answers (3) They were in black and white, they moved real fast and when they talked they moved their mouths but no words came out and you had to wait for a black screen to pop up with the words written on it. It made diplomacy so difficult that World War I finally broke out.