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  • who were the spartacists
    revolutionary socialist group
  • who led the spartacists uprising
    Rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht
  • what did the spartacists want
    overthrow the weimar republic
  • Which Russian event did the Spartacists want to replicate?
    october revolution
  • What methods did the Spartacists use in their attempt to overthrow the government?

    strikes, mass protests
  • What happened in January 1919 during the Spartacist Uprising?

    armed revolt
  • Where did the Spartacists take over in Berlin during their uprising?

    newspaper offices and the government headquarters
  • Which group was sent to stop the Spartacists' uprising?
    freikorps
  • How did the government respond to the Spartacist Uprising?

    violent repression
  • What happened to Rosa Luxemburg after the Spartacist Uprising failed?

    tortured murdered arrested
  • What happened to Karl Liebknecht after the Spartacist Uprising failed?

    arrested and killed
  • How many workers were killed during the Spartacist Uprising?

    120
  • Was the Spartacist Uprising successful?

    no it was unsucessful
  • Who led the Kapp Putsch in 1920? wolf gang kapp
  • Which group supported the Kapp Putsch?

    freikorps and right wing nationalist
  • What was the goal of the Kapp Putsch?

    overthrow the weimar government
  • why were the freikorps angry with the weimar government
    disbandment orders and betrayal
  • how many freikorps soldiers marched into berlin during kapp putsch 

    5000
  • Who encouraged the workers of Berlin to go on strike to stop the Kapp Putsch?
    rosa luxemburg and karl liebknetch
  • how long did kapp putsch last

    4 days
  • result of kapp putsch
    faliure
  • how much land did germany lose under the treaty of versallies
    13%
  • Which region was demilitarised under the Treaty of Versailles?

    the rhine land
  • How many men were allowed in the German army under the Treaty of Versailles?
    100,000
  • How many battleships was Germany allowed under the Treaty of Versailles? 

    6
  • how much respirations was germany required to pay 

    132 billion
  • which clause of treat of versallies blamed germany for the war

    war guilt clause
  • was germany allowed to join the lea of nations after treaty of versallies 

    yes
  • how did germany feel about the terms of treaty of versallies

    felt humiliated about the unfair terms
  • what caused hyperinflation
    faced enourmpus respiration payments
  • what action by france and belgium triggered the ruhr occupation in 1923
    germanys faliure to meet reperations payments
  • how many french and belgian soldiers marched into the ruhr
    60,000
  • how did the german workers in the ruhr respond to the occupation by french and belgian forces

    by going on strike
  • what did the weimar government do to support the ruhr workers on strike 

    providing financial assistance
  • how did the occupation of the ruhr cause inflation in germany
    government printed money to support striking workers
  • what happened to the price of an egg during hyper inflation
    costed billions of marks
  • what was the main cause of hyperinflation
    excesive printing of money
  • in what year did hitler attempt the munich putsch
    1923
  • what was the name of the paramilitary group hitler relied on during the munich putsch
    SA sturmabteilung
  • which two nationalist politicians did hitler plot with to take over munich

    Erich ludendorff gustav von lahr