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The Spartacist Uprising
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1Who were the Spartacists?
- ARight wing nationalists
- BLeft wing radicals
- CSupporters of social democracy
- DAdvocates for a socialist revolution
2What was the context of the Spartacist Uprising?
- AA new constitution was being drawn up
- BThe Kaiser had abdicated
- CNaval bases were under the control of councils of sailors
- DGermany was politically stable after WWI
3The Spartacists were supporters of the Kaiser and WWI
- ATrue
- BFalse
4The leader of the Spartacists was Friedrich Ebert
- ATrue
- BFalse
5The Spartacists wanted the German Revolution to go further ...they wanted Soviets (councils) of workers and soldiers to Govern the country.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6When did the Spartacists carry out their Uprising?
- AJanuary 1918
- BJanuary 1919
- CJanuary 1920
7The Uprising began with a demonstration of 100,000 workers in Berlin
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Which of the following is true...(select all that apply)
- ARosa Luxembourg &Karl Liebknecht ‘took control’ of the workers’ demonstration
- BThe workers were unarmed
- CThey seized control of the Reichstag
- DSome demonstrators returned home frustrated by a lack of leadership
- EFriedrich Ebert called on the support of the Freikorp
- FOver 100 workers were killed
- GRosa Luxembourg & Karl Liebknecht were arrested and then murdered by the Freikorps
9The failed uprising caused a rift between the communists and the Social Democrats.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10The Spartacist Uprising was quite probably doomed to failure from the start. They lacked military training and equipment, were a coalition of groups with differing visions for the future of Germany and had no clear chain of command. Against the German army and the Freikorps there was probably little doubt of the outcome.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The outcome of the uprising showed that there was no widespread support for communism.
- ATrue
- BFalse
12A Freikorps soldier named Otto Runge was sentenced in May to two years in jail for killing Luxemburg. He was afterwards awarded compensation by the Nazis.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- iGCSE History (Germany 1919 - 1945) Quiz on The Spartacist Uprising, created by Drew Bott on 26/10/2019.
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