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WorksheetsSecond Republic
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
When was the Second Republic proclaimed?
1936
1931
1933
1930
The provisional/interim government of the Republic begins a series of reforms and calls for constituent cortes elections.
True
False
The constitution of 1931 was one of the most conservatives and rights restricting of the ones that were in force in Spain.
True
False
What was the main purpose of the agrarian Reform approved by Azaña's government in 1932, that was not completed because of its complexity?
To reduce the number of cultivated land, eliminating the less productive ones.
To modernize the agricultural methods but not the property.
To subsidize cereal.
To expropriate certain lands and distribute them among peasants.
The state of the II Republic is declared...
Catholic
Secular/ "laico"
in bankruptcy
Atheist
What were the principal measures of the progressive biennium?
To give time to the right-wing to organize themselves.
To defend landowners.
Education and the defense of workers and labourers.
Who was the first President of the Republic?
Manuel Azaña
Niceto Alcalá Zamora
Alejandro Lerroux
Casares Quiroga
How many phases were there in the II Republic?
2
3
4
5
What politician, member of the Radical Republican Party, was the main advocate for women's sufragge, achieved its incorporaton to the Constitution of 1931?
Victoria Kent
María Zambrano
Clara Campoamor
Margarita Nelken
To what coalition did the group of anarquists, comunists and leftists adhere to?
(a)
The Second Republic lasted until...
(a)
What king left Spain after the municipal elections of 1931?
Alfonso XIII
Primo de Rivera Sr.
Alfonso XII
What segment of society opposed the II Republic?
Landowners, the church and the military.
Students and young people.
Socialists, comunists and anarquists.
The army
The reformist biennium happens by the victory of the conservative political forces.
true
False
The CEDA is a coalition of left-wing parties.
False
True
When does the II Republic start?
1936
1933
1931
1939
What is the objective of calling constituent cortes elections 1931?
To constitute the first government of the newRepublic.
To draft the new constitution.
To solve the vacuum of power after the Primo de Rivera dictatorship.
To consolidate the Restoration Regime
What important innovation was introduced in the 1931 constitution?
Universal suffrage men
National sovereignty
The recognition of individual rights
Universal suffrage men and women
What principle is referenced by this article of the 1931 constitution? "Los jueces son independientes en su función. Solo están sometidos a la ley"
National sovereignty
Universal suffrage men and women
Separation of powers
Recognition of the individual rights
What is NOT one of the functions of the President of the Republic?
Disolve the Cortes
Propose candidates for the government president
To form government with the ministers
In education what was the end of State-church relations?
Religious teachers had to teach new subjects, as Biology.
Lessons were still carried out in convents and religious institutions.
Education became managed only by the State.
What was the purpose of the Reformist Biennium government with the Army reform?
To stop the Asturias October Revolution.
To prevent the hostility of monarchic generals.
To include women in the military hierarchy.
To eliminate military conscription ("mili")
What groups incited the Casa Viejas insurrection of 1933?
Monarchists
Fascists
Anarquists
Republicans
What event precipitated the fall of the Conservative Biennium?
The massacre Casas Viejas
The Sanjurjada
The coup d'etat of 1936
The scandal of corruption with estraperlo
What motivated the creation of the coalition Frente Popular?
The need for an armed front.
An alliance of left-wing parties againts fascism.
An alliance of right-wing parties against comunism.
What fascist movement emerged during the Segunda República?
PSOE
La Confederación Española de las Derechas Autónomas (CEDA)
Falange Española
Who among the following did NOT support the coup against the Republic in the 17th of July 1936?
Monarchists
Fascists
Big landlords whose properties had been expropiated
Anarquists
Who was the Labour minister who pushed through the Labour Reform?
Manuel Azaña
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
Francisco Lerroux
Fco. Largo Caballero
Who became President of the government when Manuel Azaña was named President of the Republic?
Santiago Casares Quiroga
Francisco Largo Caballero
Alejandro Lerroux
José Giral
The assassination of what famous right-wing politician in the 13th of July 1936 precipitated the preparatives of the insurrection that led to the Civil War?
José del Castillo
Francisco Largo Caballero
José Calvo Sotelo
Jiménez de Asúa
During the II Republic..................................took place.
The Industrial Revolution
The Agrarian Reform.
The general strike of 1917
Who was the first President of the II Republic?
Alfonso XIII
Niceto Alcalá Zamora
Francisco Franco
Why is it called the Second Republic?
Because the leader was republian
It is run by the Partido Republicano Radical
The second most voted party was Derecha Liberal Republicana
There was another in 1873
Via the constitution of 1931, the State could take some properties and use them for the benefit of the public.
True
False
The most ambitious and contoversial reform was:
To grant Autonomy Statutes
Reform the army to make it more efficient.
Expropriate poorly managed latifundios, split them in smaller allotments and distribute them among landless farmers.
Divide the latifundios and convert them to monoculture
What type of elections were called in the 12th of April 1931?
Elecciones generales
Elecciones municipales
Elecciones autonómicas
Prebiscito
When was the constitution approved?
June 1931
June 1930
December 1930
December 1931
When was the Republic proclaimed?
14 April 1931
13 April 1930
12 April 1931
18 July 1931
What group got the biggest amount of councilmembers elected in the 12 April 1931 elections?
Republicans
Anarquists
Socialists
Monarchist
Who won the 1936 elections?
El Frente Popular
La CEDA
Republicans
Anarquists
Who won the 1933 election?
El Frente Popular
El Partido Radical & la CEDA
Republicans
PSOE
Which is the flag of the II República?
WHAT TYPE OF SUFFRAGE MADE WOMEN VOTING POSSIBLE?
Census suffrage.
Obligatory suffrage.
Equalitarian suffrage.
Universal suffrage.
Which 2 autonomous regions got Autonomy Statutes approved?
Galicia
Navarra
Cataluña
País Vasco
What is the name of the educational initiative, to which Federico García Lorca's troupe "La Barraca" belonged, that brought culture to all the rural areas?
(a)
