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