Question

What was the most important result of the Spartacus league uprising in Germany in 1918-19?
A. The Weimar Republic crushed the rebellion
B. The Spartacist founded the Communist Party of Germany.
C. The Weimar government accepted the demands of the spartacus league
D. Both A and B

Answer 1

Hint:Spartacus league is a revolutionary socialist group active from 1914 to the end of 1918.It is also called as Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), joining the Comintern in 1919.

Complete answer:
Option A: The birth of the Weimar Republic coincided with the revolutionary uprising of the Spartacist League on the pattern of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising which arose because of the demands for the soviet style governance with the help of a war veterans organisation called Free Corps.Therefore, Option A is included in the correct answer.

Option B: The anguished Spartacists later found the communist party of Germany.It was founded after the First World War by socialists who opposed the war;the party became inclined towards Leninism first and later towards Stalinism.Therefore, Option B is included in the correct answer.

Option C: The demands of the Spartacist League were not met.They used app instruments of political power to achieve socialism,to expropriate the capitalist class,through and in accordance with the will of the revolutionary majority of the proletariat.Therefore, Option C is the wrong answer.

Option D: Hence,both A and B are correct.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

Note:The league was named after Spartacus,leader of the largest slave rebellion of the roman republic.Its period of greatest activity was during the German revolution of 1918.