Weimar and Nazi Germany (Spartacist Uprising)

Question 1

When was the German Communist party set up in?

Answer 1

December 1918

Question 2

How many members did the communist party have?

Answer 2

400,000

Question 3

How many daily newspapers?

Answer 3

33 newspapers

Question 4

Who was the Spartacist League led by?

Answer 4

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 5

Who was Ebert worried about?

Answer 5

The communists

Question 6

What happened on the 4th January 1919?

Answer 6

Ebert sacked the police chief who was popular with all the workers

Question 7

What happened on the 5th January 1919?

Answer 7

Thousands of workers took the street to protest

Question 8

What happened on the 6th January 1919?

Answer 8

They called for an uprising and a general strike.

Question 9

How many workers took the street on the 6th January?

Answer 9

100,000 workers

Question 10

Who did Ebert turn to who would help the government out?

Answer 10

the Freikorps

Question 11

What happened on the 13th January 1919?

Answer 11

The rebels have been driven off the streets

Question 12

What happened on the 16th January?

Answer 12

Freikorps arrested Rosa and Karl

Question 13

Where did the Weimar government move from and to?

Answer 13

From Berlin to the town of Weimar