Political violence Flashcards
Were the Spartacists left wing or Right Wing?
Left Wing
Who were the leaders of the Spartacists?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
Who were Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht?
The leaders of the Spartacists
What did the Spartacists want?
A Communist revolution like the one that happened in Russia in 1917
When was the Spartacist uprising?
January 1919
What happened in January 1919?
The Spartacist uprising
How many people were killed in the Spartacist uprising?
100 workers and the leaders of the Spartacist organisation.
Who stopped the Spartacist uprising?
The army and the Freikorps
When did the Red Rising in the Ruhr take place?
March to April 1920
What happened from March to April 1920?
The Red Rising in the Ruhr
Why did the Red Rising in the Ruhr take place?
Many German workers were angry about bad pay and bad working conditions
What did bad pay and bad working conditions lead to in 1920?
The Red Rising in the Ruhr
How many people were in the Communist ‘Red Army’ that occupied the Ruhr in 1920?
50,000
What did 50,000 workers join in 1920?
The Communist ‘Red Army’
Who crushed the Red Rising in the Ruhr?
The German Army and the Freikorps
How many workers were killed when the Red Rising in the Ruhr was crushes?
1000
1000 people died when what was crushed?
The Red Rising in the Ruhr
Why did the Red Rising in the Ruhr fail?
The Communist Party had weak leadership.
The Communist Party did not have a clear plan.
The protests did not have widespread, committed support.
What did weak communist party leadership, a lack of a clear plan and a failure for the protests to become more widespread lead to?
The failure of the Red Rising in the Ruhr.
When did the Kapp Putsch take place?
13 March 1920
What happened on the 13 March 1920?
The Kapp Putsch
Who took part in the Kapp Putsch
The Freikorps lead by Wolfgang Kapp
What did the Friekorps lead by Wolfgang Kapp, take part in?
The Kapp Putsch
Why did the Kapp Putsch happen?
The government ordered the Freikorps to be disbanded as it had no need for them now that the left wing groups had been crushed
The government ordering the Friekorps to disband lead to what?
The Kapp Putsch
What did the Freikorps do during the Kapp Putsch?
12,000 of them marched to Berlin.
They caused the government to flee.
They demanded that Kapp become the head of the government.
How was the Kapp Putsch defeated?
The workers of Berlin went on strike, making it impossible for Kapp to rule.
The workers going on strike defeated which political uprising?
The Kapp Putsch?
When did the Munich Putsch take place?
8 - 9 November 1923
What happened on the 8 - 9 November 1923?
The Munich Putsch
Who lead the Nazis during the Munich Putsch
Hitler and General Ludendorff
How many members were in the Nazi Party at the time of the Munich Putsch?
55,000
55,000 people were members of which political party in November 1923
The Nazi Party
Why did the Munich Putsch happen?
Hitler and the Nazis thought that democracy lead to weak government and wanted one strong leader.
Hitler and the Nazis believing that democracy caused weak government lead to what event?
The Munich Putsch
Where did the Munich Putsch start?
In a beer hall in Munich, where the leader of Bavaria (Kahr) was speaking.
Who was forced to join the Munich Putsch
Kahr, the leader of Bavaria
The leader of Bavaria, Kahr, was forced to do what?
Join the Munich Putsch
Was the Munich Putsch a success?
Yes, because it gave Hitler a lot of publicity during his trial.
No, because it failed to make Ludendorff president and many Nazi leaders were sent to prison, and the Nazi party almost fell apart without their leaders.
