The Restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy
When was Alfonso XII proclaimed the King of Spain?
A) 1850
B) 1874
C) 1876
D) 1885
B) 1874
A) 1902
B) 1885
C) 1910
D) 1890
A) 1902
Which event led to the resignation of Primo de Rivera?
A) The Spanish victory in Morocco
B) The death of Alfonso XIII
C) The 1929 economic crisis
D) The dissolution of major labor unions
C) The 1929 economic crisis
What was the the object of Moroccan troops during the first phase of the Spanish Civil War?
A) To reach Toledo
B) To cross the Strait of Gibraltar
C) To reach Madrid
D) To support popular uprisings against the Spanish Government
C) To reach Madrid
What were the two official parties during the reign of Alfonso XII?
A) Democrats and Republicans
B) People's Party and Socialist Workers' Party
C) Libertarians and National Democracy
D) Liberals and Conservatives
D) Liberals and Conservatives
When was José Canalejas, the leader of the Liberal Party during the reign of Alfonso XIII, murdered?
A) 1909
B) 1912
C) 1915
D) 1894
B) 1912
Which one of the following was NOT a reform undertaken by the government under Niceto Alcalá-Zamora?
A) The establishment of labor reforms like a 40 hour work week
B) The establishment of over 10,000 schools in a push for more public education
C) The establishment of a more centralized political system that ended discussions of autonomy in Catalonia
D) The distribution of land among peasants or dividing land into cooperatives
C) The establishment of a more centralized political system that ended discussions of autonomy in Catalonia
What was the immediate repercussions of the bombing of Guernica (April 1937)?
A) The Basque Country fell into nationalist hands
B) Moroccan troops were able to capture Madrid
C) The Battle of the Ebro began
D) Barcelona fell into nationalist hands
A) The Basque Country fell into nationalist hands
The creating of what organization in 1888 led to the spread of socialism in Spain?
A) General Union of Workers (UGT)
B) Federation of Workers' Societies of the Spanish Region (FTRE)
C) Confederation of Workers' Commissions (CCOO)
D) National Confederation of Labor (CNT)
A) General Union of Workers (UGT)
What demands did the army make during the crisis of the Cánovas system?
A) The army demanded a larger budget
B) The army demanded wages to be increased and rank should be determined by seniority instead of merit
C) The army demanded that the Catalan region become a decentralized state
D) The army demanded that King Alfonso XIII abdicate the thrown
B) The army demanded wages to be increased and rank should be determined by seniority instead of merit
Why was Niceto Alcalá-Zamora forced to resign as President?
A) Protest from the right and the left regarding his reforms
B) Claims that he rigged the election
C) Protests over his stance on the new Constitution of 1931
D) protests over issues in his personal life
A) Protest from the right and the left regarding his reforms
When did Franco's troops finally take control of Madrid?
A) 1934
B) 1939
C) 1936
D) 1938
B) 1939
The US declared war on Spain after which event?
A) The Spanish government broke a trade agreement with the United States
B) Cuba declaring independence from Spain
C) The sinking of a US Navy battleship in the Havana Harbor
D) The murder of a US soldier in Spanish territory
C) The sinking of a US Navy battleship in the Havana Harbor
The Algeciras Conference (1906) divided Morocco into two protectorates: One under Spanish control, and one under the control of what other country?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Greece
D) England
B) France
When did the Conservative Biennium (center and right control of government) begin?
A) 1936
B)1932
C)1933
D)1929
C)1933
According to the slides, which of the following slowed the capture of Madrid?
A) The arrival of a French naval force
B) The arrival of Soviet airplanes and tanks
C) Peace talks between the two sides
D) Counterattacks by the Republicans in Belchite
B) The arrival of Soviet airplanes and tanks
Which of the following was NOT a way that the political parties in Spain during the reign of Alfonso XII committed electoral fraud?
A) Using the votes of deceased people who were already on the electoral roll
B) Making voters take a literacy test to determine if they could vote or not
C) Voting in regions outside the territory that that they lived in
D) Using economic and social power to pressure voters into voting for one party or another
B) Making voters take a literacy test to determine if they could vote or not
Which event preceded the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera?
A) The exile of Alfonso XIII
B) The economic crisis of 1929
C) The proclamation of the republic
D) The Alhucemas landing in 1925
D) The Alhucemas landing in 1925
What was the EXPECTED result of the coup on July 1936?
A) A Popular Front government
B) A Right and Center Right government
C) A civil war
D) The assassination of Azaña
A) A Popular Front government
According to the slides, which of the following was NOT a consequence of the war?
A) Food was limited
B) People were taken out of their homes and shot by soldiers
C) Over 30,000 children fled from Spain
D) A general strike by trade unions took place
D) A general strike by trade unions took place