Spartacist uprising

• What did the Sparticists want

  A revolution, an abolition of all parliaments and a transfer of all power to working class people

  Wanted change quickly, rejecting Ebert's moderate, slower ideas
• What did Friedrich Ebert's SPD want

  A democracy, a better Germany for all people through electing representatives

  peoples voice heard through representatives

  Against violent revolution
• What were the Spartacists named after

  Spartacus who led a slave revolt against the roman emperor
• Who were the two leaders of the Sparticists

  Karl Leibknecht

  Rosa luxemburg
• What did Germans who were scared of Communism do

  Joined the right-wing freikorps
• How and where did the revolt start

  Started in Berlin with a general strike, this turned into 500,000 people stormed Berlin
• What did the Government do when the Spartacists started their revolt

  The Government withdrew to the safety of Weimar and allowed the freikorps to bring 'peace and stability' back to Berlin
• What did the Communists aim to do because of the violence that was subjected to them

  They aimed to stop the Government from getting anything done

  They tried to bring the government down at any point