Challenges from the Left and Right

Cards (27)

  • How was the Weimar government perceived?
    Generally unpopular
  • What were the political extremes that challenged the Weimar government?
    Extreme left and extreme right
  • What was a significant fear among politicians in the Weimar Republic?
    Fear of assassination
  • How many political assassinations occurred between 1919 and 1923?
    376 political assassinations
  • Who primarily committed the political assassinations?
    Those on the extreme right
  • How did the public react to the political assassinations?
    There was public anxiety
  • What was the judicial response to those caught for assassinations?
    Often given light sentences
  • How did political enemies of the Weimar Republic use the assassinations?
    To undermine the government
  • What were the uprisings aimed at?
    Overthrowing the government
  • When did the Spartacist Uprising occur?
    January 12, 1919
  • Who led the Spartacist Uprising?
    Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
  • What was the goal of the Spartacist Uprising?
    Create a communist state
  • What actions did the Spartacists take during the uprising?
    Seized newspaper and communication buildings
  • Who did the Weimar government call upon to suppress the Spartacist Uprising?
    The Freikorps
  • What was the outcome of the Spartacist Uprising?
    It was violently suppressed
  • How many protesters were killed during the Spartacist Uprising?
    About 100 protesters
  • What was the impact of the Spartacist Uprising on the communists' view of social democrats?
    Created hatred towards social democrats
  • When did the Kapp Putsch occur?
    March 13, 1920
  • Who organized the Kapp Putsch?
    Wolfgang Kapp
  • What was the Kapp Putsch a response to?
    Betrayal of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles
  • What did the Kapp Putsch proclaim?
    A new right-of-center nationalist government
  • What was the reaction of the Weimar government during the Kapp Putsch?
    They relocated to Dresden
  • How did the public respond to the Kapp Putsch?
    They supported a general strike
  • What was the result of the general strike during the Kapp Putsch?
    The Putsch could not continue
  • What happened to Wolfgang Kapp after the Putsch failed?
    He fled Berlin
  • What did the Kapp Putsch demonstrate about public support for the Weimar government?
    There was support to keep the peace
  • What were the consequences of the challenges faced by the Weimar government?
    • Increased political instability
    • Heightened fear among politicians
    • Division between left and right factions