Threats to the Weimar republic - Spartacist uprising

Question 1

When was the spartacist uprising?

Answer 1

Jan 1919

Before democracy, just after war, no gov.
POLITICAL VACUUM

Question 2

Why did the Spartacist uprising take place?

Answer 2

Spartacists wanted full-scale communist revolution
Did not trust Ebert or new gov.
Wanted change: lack of food, no gov., hoped the army would join them in the revolution

Question 3

What did the Spartacists do?

Answer 3

Jan 1919 - workers protested, spartacists took this as chance to start revolution
Gov. newspaper and telegraph headquarters being taken over in Berlin

Question 4

How were the spartacists stopped?

Answer 4

Army was called in
Freikorps - anti-communists
Over 100 workers were killed

Question 5

How serious was the threat of the spartacists?

Answer 5

Not very serious
Spartacists had not planned very well
Had expected help but received none
But at beginning, had potential to be very serious as they could’ve taken over

Question 6

How did the republic survive the spartacist uprising?

Answer 6

Both leaders of the group were captured and killed by Freikorps
Gov. ran away