Threats to Weimar Republic Flashcards
(42 cards)
When was the Spartacist Rising
1919
Who was involved in the Sparatcist Rising
The Spartacist League
Who were the Spartacist League
A Communist group set up by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht
What did the Spartacists want
A full scale Communist revolution like the recent Russian Revolution in 1917
Why did they not trust the new government
They thought Ebert would not improve the lives of working people
What did the Spartacists try to turn into a revolution
Workers were protesting in January 1919
What did the Spartacists take over
The government’s newspaper and telegraph headquarters
Who helped the army to stop the uprising
Units of Freikorps who were anti-Communist ex-soldiers
Who captured and shot Rosa Luxembourg
The Freikorps
How were the Spartacists defeated
Karl Liebknecht was murdered so they had no leaders
When was the Red Rising In The Ruhr
1920
Who lead the Red Rising In The Ruhr
Groups of workers led by members of the Communist Party
Why were German workers angry
They had bad pay and bad working conditions
How many Red Army people were there
50,000
What region of Germany did the Red Army occupy and took control of its raw materials
The Ruhr region
Who crushes the Red Rising
The German Army with the help of Freikorps
What did the Communist Party Red Army have
A weak leadership and didn’t have a clear plan
When did the Kapp Putch happen
1920
Who was involved in the Kapp Putsch
Freikorps led by Wolfgang Kapp
What year did the government order the Freikorps brigades be disbanded
1920
Why were the Freikorps ordered to be disbanded
There was little need for them now that left wing groups had been crushed
How many Freikorps marches to Berlin
12,000
Why did the Freikorps put Kapp as the new leader of Germany
The government were forced to flee
What did Kapp and the Freikorps failed to win
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