Right and Left Threats 1919-22 🤺

Question 1

When was the first Spartacist uprising?

Answer 1

January 1919 in Berlin

Question 2

Who led the Spartacists?

Answer 2

Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 3

How did Rosa Luxembourg die?

Answer 3

Shot and thrown into a ditch by the Freikorps

Question 4

How many died at the first uprising?

Answer 4

100 (including Karl and Rosa)

Question 5

Reasons for left wing failure?

Answer 5

Leaders died in first uprising, poorly planned, lost support

Question 6

Other left wing uprisings?

Answer 6

Bavarian (1919), Ruhr (1920) and Saxony (1921)

Question 7

How was Weimar able to survive left wing threats?

Answer 7

Help from Freikorps and Police due to Ebert-Groener Pact

Question 8

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 8

1923

Question 9

Why was the Munich Putsch a serious threat?

Answer 9

Strong ideology, co-ordinated, mass support, managed to overthrow government

Question 10

What was Ludendorff’s mistake?

Answer 10

He allowed Kahr and Lossow to call their family when they actually called the police

Question 11

Results of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 11

Hitler arrested, Nazi ideology spread nationally, wrote Mein Kampf” a doctrinal text