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Threats to Weimar Republic Flashcards

1
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When was the Spartacist Rising

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1919

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Who was involved in the Sparatcist Rising

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The Spartacist League

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Who were the Spartacist League

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A Communist group set up by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht

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What did the Spartacists want

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A full scale Communist revolution like the recent Russian Revolution in 1917

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Why did they not trust the new government

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They thought Ebert would not improve the lives of working people

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What did the Spartacists try to turn into a revolution

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Workers were protesting in January 1919

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7
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What did the Spartacists take over

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The government’s newspaper and telegraph headquarters

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Who helped the army to stop the uprising

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Units of Freikorps who were anti-Communist ex-soldiers

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9
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Who captured and shot Rosa Luxembourg

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The Freikorps

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10
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How were the Spartacists defeated

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Karl Liebknecht was murdered so they had no leaders

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When was the Red Rising In The Ruhr

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1920

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Who lead the Red Rising In The Ruhr

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Groups of workers led by members of the Communist Party

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Why were German workers angry

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They had bad pay and bad working conditions

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14
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How many Red Army people were there

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50,000

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What region of Germany did the Red Army occupy and took control of its raw materials

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The Ruhr region

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16
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Who crushes the Red Rising

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The German Army with the help of Freikorps

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17
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What did the Communist Party Red Army have

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A weak leadership and didn’t have a clear plan

18
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When did the Kapp Putch happen

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1920

19
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Who was involved in the Kapp Putsch

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Freikorps led by Wolfgang Kapp

20
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What year did the government order the Freikorps brigades be disbanded

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1920

21
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Why were the Freikorps ordered to be disbanded

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There was little need for them now that left wing groups had been crushed

22
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How many Freikorps marches to Berlin

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12,000

23
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Why did the Freikorps put Kapp as the new leader of Germany

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The government were forced to flee

24
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What did Kapp and the Freikorps failed to win

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Support

25
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What did workers do to protest at the putsch

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Went on strike

26
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After 4 days what did Kapp do

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He fled from Berlin

27
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Who returned after Kapp fled

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Ebert’s government

28
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When did the Munich Putsch happen

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1923

29
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Who were involved in the Munich Putsch

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The Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorff a popular First World War hero

30
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How many members did the Nazi’s have

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55,000

31
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What did Hitler and the Nazi Party believe

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That democracy led to a weak government

32
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What did the Nazi Party think there should be

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There should be 1 political party with 1 leader

33
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What did the Nazis planned

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To take over the government and set up Ludendorff as the leader of Germany

34
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Where did the Nazi Party start

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In Munich

35
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Hitler and how many of his SA burst into a meeting where the leader of Bavaria, Kant was speaking

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600

36
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What did they force the Kahr to do

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Promise to support their plan

37
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What did Kahr do as he was allowed to leave the beer hall

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The following day he withdrew his support

38
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How did the government respond quickly

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Ordered the Army to crush the revolt

39
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What happened when the Nazis marched to a military base in Munich

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Met by armed police and soldiers

40
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How long was Hitler arrested for

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5 years

41
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How long did Hitler serve of his prison sentence

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9 months

42
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What happened without Hitler to the Nazis

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They fell apart without him

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