 The Spartacist Uprising in 1919, which originated in Berlin, became popular among the working class in the Ruhr, and the region quickly adopted Marxism.But when the uprising was snuffed out by the Freikorps, everything was under the control of the Weimar Republic, until the Kapp Putsch happened which attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic.The Weimar government came out victorious, but during that time, a return to an autocratic state was seen as the only way forward.