GCSE Weimar Germany Practice Test

A general strike showed how mass civil resistance can topple an attempted coup by denying the new regime the services and legitimacy it needs to operate. When workers across Germany, especially in Berlin, refused to work, essential functions—transport, communications, public services—stopped. With the state unable to function and public support evaporating, the putsch leaders lost control even though they had military backing. The army itself was reluctant to act against the strikers and did not back the coup, so the movement collapsed within days. The other options don’t fit because military support for Kapp would have helped the putsch, not brought it down; French involvement did not play a role in this event; and economic aid would not resolve the political challenge of a failed seizure of power.