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Weimar and Nazi Germany
The Weimar Republic 1918-29
Challenges to the Republic From the Spartacists
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What was the name of the revolt that occurred in January 1919?
Spartacist
League
revolt
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Who were the leaders of the Spartacist League revolt?
Rosa Luxemburg
and
Karl Liebknecht
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What event triggered the Spartacist League revolt on 4 January 1919?
Ebert sacked
Emil
Eichhorn
, the police chief in Berlin
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What was the reaction of the workers in Berlin to the sacking of Emil Eichhorn?
They called a
general strike
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How many workers took to the streets on 6 January 1919?
100,000
workers
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What does the call for the Freikorps indicate about the German government during the Spartacist League revolt?
It showed the
weaknesses
of the
German government
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What was a significant limitation of the Spartacist League uprising?
It lacked
widespread popular support
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What happened to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht during the revolt?
They were killed
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A revolt by the
Spartacist League
(a small group of
Communist
) in
January
1919.
It was led by
Rosa Luxemburg
and
Karl Liebknecht
.
It started when, on
4 January
1919
, Ebert sacked
Emil Eichhorn
, the police
chief
in Berlin, who was popular with the workers.
Workers called a
general strike
in
Berlin
and on
6 January
and
100,000
workers took to the streets.
The government were unable to put the uprising down, so called in the
Freikorps
. This showed the weaknesses of the
German
government.
However, the uprising lacked
widespread
popular
support.
Luxemburg
and
Liebknecht
were killed.