threat from the left 1919-1929

Question 1

When did the USPD disband and what happened to its members?

Answer 1

1920

members joined either the SPD or KPD

Question 2

what was the KPD?

Answer 2

An extreme left group that wanted a marxist style rule with a one party communist state

Question 3

Between 1919 and 1923 how much of the electorate did the KPD have?

Answer 3

10-15%

Question 4

What were the 3 main communist uprisings?

Answer 4

March 1919- tried to create a soviet republic in Bavaria.Crushed by the Freikorps
march 1920- created an army to oppose the Kapp putsch. 50,000 strong. defeated by the freikorps.
March 1921 - March operation in Merseburg and Halle. Defeated by the police.