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Flashcards by Aaishah Din, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aaishah Din
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| define right wing. | the right wing wanted to return to a strong government with a strong army lead by a powerful leader like kaiser. They supported capitalism and championed families, law, order and traditional values. They placed the interests of the nation over the individual. |
| define the left wing | left wing groups wanted Germany to be led by the people, opposed capitalism, they supported co-operation rather than independence. |
| what was the main A) left wing B) right wing party in 1919? | A) DNVP aka the National Party B) KPD aka the German Communist Party |
| what happened with the SPARTACIST REVOLT? ie. - who lead it - what was their aim - when was it -did they fail or succeed? - why did they do it | - Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. - they wanted a full scale communist revolution like the Russian revolution in 1917 it was in January 1919 - They failed, as they didn't get enough support however they did take over the newspaper and telegraph headquarters - They didnt trust ebert |
| using the same guidelines as the previous question answer the next two questions. what was the kapp putsch? | - led by Wolfgang kapp - wanted a new leader -1920 - they were failures - they did it as the government had asked the freikorps to be disbanded |
| who were the freikorps | The word Freikorps (German for "Free Corps") was first used for voluntary armies in Germany. After World War I the term was used for paramilitary units. The Freikorps got famous at the time of the Weimar Republic to fight in some towns against the Communism. |
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