Challenges-Uprisings Flashcards
When was the Spartacist uprising?
-January 1919
Was the Spartacist uprising left or right?
-left
Who were the leaders of the Spartacist uprising and what party were they?
-Leibknecht
-Luxemburg
-KPD
How much support did the Spartacist uprising have?
-100,000 workers went out on strike
-they didn’t have enough support from key groups
What were the Spartacist’s aims?
-turn Germany into a Communist nation
Where did the Spartacist uprising aim their uprising?
Berlin
How was the Spartacist uprising defeated?
-crushed by the German army and the Freikorps in 3 days
What did the Spartacist uprising not have enough of?
-workers
-SPD
-trade unions
What happened to the leaders of the Spartacist uprising and what was a result of this?
-they were both killed which reduced the organisation of the uprising
When was the Red Bavaria?
-April 1919
Was the Red Bavaria left or right?
-left
Who was the leader of the Red Bavaria?
-Levine
Who were the Red Bavaria?
-army workers called the ‘Red Army’
How much support did the Red Bavaria have?
-local support since end of WW1
-50,000 former soldiers
What was the Red Bavaria’s aim?
-establish a communist style government with private homes protected by the state, no paper money and have factories controlled
