challenges from left and right wing Flashcards
which parties did not support the SPD and the Weimar Republic?
Extreme left and extreme right wing
state some beliefs of the right wing party
wanted a strong army, supported private ownership of land and business, saw the nation as more important than the individual
state some beliefs of the left wing party
wanted to cooperate with other nations, wanted to end private ownership of land and business, wanted Germany to be controlled by its people
who was the main right wing party in Germany in 1919?
DNVP
who was the main left wing party in Germany in 1919?
KPD
name the two leaders of the spartacists
rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht
what kind of group where the Sparticists?
Left wing party
Who did the Sparticists have backing from?
They had backing from the Soviet union
When did the Sparticist revolt take place?
January 1919
The Sparticists took over the government’s ____________ and telegraph bureau
Newspaper
who did the Weimar government send in to end the Sparticist revolt ?
Freikorps
The Friekorps had __________ men in March 1919
250,000
who were the Friekorps ?
right wing ex soldiers who hated communists
Putsch definition
A violent attempt to overthrow a government
what is a trade union?
an organization of workers in a trade or profession which has been formed to protect their rights and interests
when did the Friekorps troops march on Berlin?
March 1920
how many political assassinations took place between 1919-1922?
376
give three examples of political challenges and attacks on the Weimar Republic
the Sparticist revolt, the kapp putsch and the general strike
name the nationalist politician who was put in charge by the rebels
dr wolfgang kapp
most victims of the assassinations were left wing or _____________ ___________
moderate politicians
____ left wing assassins were convicted and executed
10
give two features of the Kapp Putsch
- the head of the army refused to help the Weimar government resist the Friekorps
- the national strike led to the end of the putsch
