Opposition groups 1919-22

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When was the Spartacist uprising?
January 1919
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What happened at the spartacist uprsing?
took over the governments newspaper and telegraph bureau tried to organise general strike in Berlin
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Who did the government send to stop the spartacists?
Freikorps (former soldiers) to put down the revolt. Street fighting for several days before revolt ended and leaders were shot.
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Why wasn't the army used to stop the uprising?
the government couldn't rely on them because the army liked what the sparacists were fighting for they supported them
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What was the spartacist league the name for?
the german communist party
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What inspired the uprising?
the 1917 Russian revolution, wanted a communist german government
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Who led the uprising?
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
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Who were the freikorps?
groups of ex soldiers mainly right wing nationalists
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What happened to the Friekorps in 1920?
disbanded, jan 1920 when Germany reduced the army but tried to take power in the Kapp Putsch
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When was the Kapp Putsch?
March 1920 in Berlin
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What was the Kapp Putsch?
group of freikorps led by Dr Wolfgang Kapp occupied berlin.
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How was the Putsch stopped?
government asked army to suppress the putsch and asked trade unions to go on general strike. Army refused but trade unions agreed.
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How did the general strike cause the putsch to fail?
the strike caused such chaos that Kapp could not rule Germany and was forced to flee
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What were the Nazi policies in 1920-22?
nationalism, socialism, anti-communism, anti-semitism
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Nazi party 1920-22
right wing opposition group, growing membership, had its own newspapers, held public meetings to spread ideas, Hitler showed great talent for public speaking.
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What was formed in 1921?
the SA (storm troopers) violent arm for the party
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What did the SA do?
broke up communist meetings, beat people
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