Revolutions

Question 1

What was the Spartacist Uprising? What happened at the end?

Answer 1

Spartacists wanted to take power with a revolution and give workers power.
They were captured and killed by the Freikorps and the revolution was crushed.

Question 2

What was the Bavarian Uprising? What happened at the end?

Answer 2

The communists in Bavaria rebelled and wanted to break Bavaria away from the rest of Germany.
Bavarian communists seized control in Feb 1919 when their leader, Kurt Eisher was killed by right wing groups.

Question 3

What caused Hyperinflation?

Answer 3

1. Triggered by missed reparations of the Ruhr by France and Belgium
2. Government printed money to pay striking workers, leading to currency collapse.
3. Prices soared, saving were wiped out.