CREATION OF A REPUBLIC - The Spartacist Revolt

Question 1

When was the KPD set up?

Answer 1

December 1918

Question 2

What did most germans think abt the KPD?

Answer 2

• fear of ‘Red Plague’ spreading comm from Russia

Question 3

Freikorps and KPD?

Answer 3

Freikorps had units specifically recruited to fight in the East against possible comm invasions

Question 4

What happened to KPD political meetings?

Answer 4

KPD political meetings came under attack from the private armies of other political parties

Question 5

Who are the Spartacists?

Answer 5

comm group led by Liebknecht and Luxemburg that wanted a workers’ revolution in G

Question 6

What did the Spartacists do in…?

Answer 6

Spartacist-led uprising in Berlin, January 1919

Question 7

What was a result of the violent political atmosphere?

Answer 7

Ebert moved gov to the small town of Weimar for safety

Question 8

How was the rising quelled?

Answer 8

Freikorps asked to deal with the Spartacists leaders and results were brutal

Question 9

What happened to the 2 leaders of Spartacists?

Answer 9

Liebknecht + Luxemburg were captures, beaten, then murdered

rising collapsed