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Worksheets3. Challenges to Weimar Germany
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
There were many extreme political parties created in Weimar Germany. True or False?
True
False
There was lots of pressure on the Weimar Government from extreme political parties. True or false?
True
False
One example of an extreme right wing political group was who?
The Social Democrats
The Freikorps
The Communist Party
The Spartacist League
One example of an extreme left wing political group was who?
The Social Democrats
The Freikorps
The NSDAP (Nazi Party)
The Spartacist League
The extreme left wing group called the Spartacist League had huge support from where?
Russia
France
Italy
Great Britain
The Spartacist League had huge support as it owned how many newspapers in Weimar Germany?
3
13
30
33
The Spartacist League were led by whom?
Adolf Hitler
Von Kapp
Rosa Luxemburg
Emile Eichorn
In which year did the Spartacist League attempt a mass strike and uprising?
1918
1919
1920
1921
Who did President Ebert used to put a stop to the Spartacist Uprising in 1919?
The NSDAP (Nazi Party)
The German Airforce
The Freikorps
The police
Who were the Freikorps?
A group of ex-WW1 soldiers.
A group of Communists
A selection of elite soldiers
A group of Nazi soldiers
What was the outcome of the attempted Spartacist Revolt?
They were defeated by the Freikorps.
They gained victory and gained power in Germany.
What did the Freikorps do to the leaders of the Spartacist League.
Let them go to avoid more conflict.
Gave them back to the Communists in Russia.
Put the leaders in prison
Executed them.
In which year did the Freikorp attempt the Kapp Putsch against the Weimar Government?
1918
1919
1920
1921
Why did the Freikorp attempt to take over Ebert's Weimar Government?
They wanted another war.
They wanted better pay.
Ebert had threatened to close them down.
They wanted better working conditions.
Which Germany city did the Freikorp take over in 1920 to threaten the Weimar government?
Berlin
Bonn
Munich
Hanover
Who did the Freikorp want to return as the leader of Germany?
The Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gustav Stresemann
Adolf Hitler
Ebert
Who was the military leader of the Freikorp's attempted takeover in 1920?
Friedrich Ebert
Rosa Luxemberg
Karl Lebnicht
Wolfgang Kapp
What was the eventual outcome of the Kapp Putsch?
The Freikorps had victory and Wilhelm returned from Exile
The Freikorps failed and Ebert remained in power.
How many political murders were there in Weimar Germany between 1919-1922?
3
37
376
3761
Freidrich Ebert defeated the attempted Kapp Putsch by doing what?
Killing the leader - Wolfgang Kapp
Negotiating peace terms with the Freikorps
Calling a strike on the day of the attempted uprising.
Refusing to back down.
