spartacis revolution 1919

Question 1

23rd December 1918

Answer 1

Spartasits held a demonstration
1,000 underpaid sailors broke into government HQ demanding ebert (leader of spd) pay them more.
Ebert held at gun point

Question 2

6th jan 1919

Answer 2

Spartasists began a demonstration of around 100,000 workers in berlin but no clear plan ment workers stood in the cold whilst leaders debated what there next move should be
Many went home

Question 3

10th jan 1919

Answer 3

2,000 free corps attacked spartacists in berlin

Bitter street fighting took place for next three days

Question 4

15th jan 1919

Answer 4

Free corps arested german communist party leaders and murdered them
Almost 700 ‘revolutionaries’ captured and arrested

Question 5

What was the outcome of the spatacists revolution of 1919

Answer 5

Revolution failed and germany held democratic elections

Spd won the most seats in parlament and eberts position safe for now

Question 6

who was the leader of the SPD (the party who wanted democracy in germany)

Answer 6

Ebert

Question 7

On the 31st December 1918 what did the spartasists rename themselves?

Answer 7

The German Communist Party

Question 8

Who where the free corps and who did they side with?

Answer 8

Free corps where a group of battle-hardened ex soldures

they sided with the SPD and agrred to fight the spartasists as they hated the comunists