Political instability and extremism 1919-24

When were the sparicist risings in berlin

January and March 1919

Who put down the sparticist revolts

The Freikorps

When did the KPD form a Red Army

March 1920

Where did communist revolts take place in 1920

Halle, Dresden, Saxony, Thuringia

In march 1921 where did the KPD attempt to start a revolution and where did it spread to

Saxony and spread it the ruhr and hamburg

What were goals of the right

Establish a dictatorship

Who supported the right

• Landowners

• Industrialists

• Military officers

• Civil Service and Judges

• Ex-soldiers

What were the Friekorps

A paramilitary group made up of ex-soldiers

When was the white terror

1919-1923

What was the white terror

Political assassinations

How many assassinations happened during the white terror

• Right- 354

• Left- 22

How many of the assassins were executed

• Right- 1

• Left- 10

When was the Kapp Putsch

March 1920

What happened during the Kapp Putsch

1. Army ordered to disband 2 freikorp units

2. General Luttwitz refused to disband one and marched his troops into Berlin

3. Luttwitz was supported by Kapp

4. And failed due lack of support

When dis the munich putsch start

8 November 1923

Where did the munich putsch take place

A beer hall in munich where a political meeting was being held

What caused the Munich Putsch

1. End of passive resistance

2. Hyperinflation

Who did the Munich putsch

Hitler

What happened during the Beer Hall Putsch

1. SA surrounded the beer hall

2. Von Kahr(state commissioner) and Von Lossow(local commander) agreed to join march on Berlin

Why did the Munich putsch fail

1. A Nazi march was shot at by the police on 9 November

2. Von Lossow changed sides