Anti-Socialist Laws
After a majority decision of the Conservative and the National Liberal representatives of the Reichstag Bismarck submitted the "Gesetz gegen die gemeingefährlichen Bestrebungen der Sozialdemokratie" ("Law against the highly dangerous endeavors of Social Democracy", known today as the "Sozialistengesetze" in German and "Anti-Socialist Laws" in English) for the Kaiser to sign. It prohibited all activities, meetings and publications of the SAP outside of the Reichstag and the "Landtage" (state parliaments). It went into effect on 22 October 1878 and was rescinded in 1890 - one year after Hasenclever's death and shortly after Bismarck had been relieved of his post as chancellor by the new Kaiser Wilhelm II.