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The Spartacist Uprising
Preguntas del test (12)
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
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
4The leader of the Spartacists was Friedrich Ebert
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
5The Spartacists wanted the German Revolution to go further ...they wanted Soviets (councils) of workers and soldiers to Govern the country.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
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
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
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.
- AVerdadero
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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.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
11The outcome of the uprising showed that there was no widespread support for communism.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
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.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
Información
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- (Germany 1919 - 1945) iGCSE History Test sobre The Spartacist Uprising, creado por Drew Bott el 26/10/2019.
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- Drew Bott
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- English
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