the kapp putsch

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what was the spartacist league?

a communist party in germany

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what was the freikorps?

a right-wing group of ex-soldiers who became unemployed after the terms of the treaty

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what happened in january 1919?

a spartacist revolt almost overthrew the weimar republic

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how did the weimar republic deal with the spartacist revolt?

they used the freikorps to stop the uprising

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what happened in march 1920?

ebert planned to disband the freikorps branches in berlin

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what started the kapp putsch?

5,000 freikorps members with their leader wolfgang kapp attempted to overthrow the weimar republic in a coup

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how did the government deal with the freikorps' actions?

they urged the workers in berlin to go on strike

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what was the result of the general strike?

berlin lost gas, electricity, public transport, and water

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what was the final action of the kapp putsch?

kapp left berlin after four days

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when was the kapp putsch?

13-17 march 1920