Crisis in the Crown (1902-1923)
This constitution stayed in force during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
What is the Constitution of 1876?
This general carried out a coup d'état in 1923.
Who is Miguel Primo de Rivera?
The Second Republic was proclaimed on this date in 1931.
What is 14 April 1931?
The Second Republic was proclaimed on this date in 1931.
What is 14 April 1931?
Manuel Azaña held this position during the Reformist Biennium.
What is head of government (president of the government)?
In 1909, the Tragic Week erupted in Barcelona after troops were sent to this North African country for war.
What is the war in Morocco?
This monarch approved the coup and the military dictatorship that followed.
Who is Alfonso XIII?
Republican, Socialist, and Catalanist politicians signed this 1930 pact to overthrow the monarchy.
What is the Pact of San Sebastián?
Republican, Socialist, and Catalanist politicians signed this 1930 pact to overthrow the monarchy.
What is the Pact of San Sebastián?
The reforms of this period aimed to modernise and do this to the country.
What is democratise?
This term describes the system in which the Liberal and Conservative parties alternated in power.
What is turnismo?
Name two things that were done OR occurred under the dictatorship.
1) The Constitution was suspended. Political parties and trade union organizations were banned.
2) The Moroccan War ended (1925).
3) Numerous public works were undertaken and national industry was promoted.
He presided over the provisional government that proclaimed the Second Republic.
Who is Niceto Alcalá Zamora?
He presided over the provisional government that proclaimed the Second Republic.
Who is Niceto Alcalá Zamora?
This region was the first to start the autonomy process, approving its Statute in 1932.
What is Catalonia?
Angry about the promotion system, army officers formed these groups in 1917.
What are the Defence Juntas?
The dictatorship survived until 1930 thanks to this factor, but after 1927 several groups began to criticise it. Name the factor and one critical group.
What is economic prosperity of the 1920s; intellectuals, students, or workers?
Name two rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of 1931.
Universal women's suffrage, civil marriage, free primary education (any two)
Name two rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of 1931.
What are universal women's suffrage, civil marriage, free primary education (any two)?
Name two labour reforms introduced during the Reformist Biennium.
What are minimum wages, accident insurance, regulation of dismissal? (any two)
In 1917, the government faced pressure from three different groups at once. Name all three.
What are the (1) military (Defence Juntas), (2) the Assembly of Parliamentarians demanding Catalan autonomy, and (3) the trade unions (general strike)
The king withdrew his support from Primo de Rivera in 1929, yet he was still blamed afterwards. Explain why.
Because of the growing popularity of the republic he abandoned the dictator, but people still considered him an accomplice of the dictatorship.
The elections of 12 April 1931 were only municipal, yet two days later the king was gone and the Republic was proclaimed. Explain why.
Republican candidacies won in the most important cities and provincial capitals, which was interpreted as a victory for the Republic. Opposition to the king was already very strong.
The elections of 12 April 1931 were only municipal, yet two days later the king was gone and the Republic was proclaimed. Explain why.
Republican candidacies won in the most important cities and provincial capitals, which was interpreted as a victory for the Republic. Opposition to the king was already very strong.
Some groups opposed the reforms for being too radical, while others opposed them for not going far enough. Name one group from each side.
Too radical: large landowners, the Church hierarchy, or the Army. Not far enough: the anarchist movement or the trade unions.