1918 Revolution, roles of Ebert, Scheidemann and Rosa Luxemburg (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards

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1918 Revolution, roles of Ebert, Scheidemann and Rosa Luxemburg
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German Revolution timeframe

November 1918 to August 1919

Alternative name for German Revolution

November Revolution

Result of German Revolution

Creation of Weimar Republic

Post-war deaths (flu, disease, starvation)

750,000 people

Date Scheidemann proclaimed German republic

9 November 1918

What Scheidemann refused to sign (June 1919)

Treaty of Versailles

Date Ebert elected as president

11 February 1919

Council formed from Workers' & Soldiers' Council

Council of People's Representatives

USPD stands for

Independent Social Democratic Party

When Weimar Constitution adopted

January 1919

Rosa Luxemburg's birth year

1871

Co-founders of Spartacus League

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Luxemburg's pseudonym

Junius

KPD (German Communist Party) founding date

December 1918

Group that murdered Luxemburg & Liebknecht

Freikorps

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