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Second Republic

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Second Republic proclaimed?

a)

1936

b)

1931

c)

1933

d)

1930

2.

The provisional/interim government of the Republic begins a series of reforms and calls for constituent cortes elections.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The constitution of 1931 was one of the most conservatives and rights restricting of the ones that were in force in Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was the main purpose of the agrarian Reform approved by Azaña's government in 1932, that was not completed because of its complexity?

a)

To reduce the number of cultivated land, eliminating the less productive ones.

b)

To modernize the agricultural methods but not the property.

c)

To subsidize cereal.

d)

To expropriate certain lands and distribute them among peasants.

5.

The state of the II Republic is declared...

a)

Catholic

b)

Secular/ "laico"

c)

in bankruptcy

d)

Atheist

6.

What were the principal measures of the progressive biennium?

a)

To give time to the right-wing to organize themselves.

b)

To defend landowners.

c)

Education and the defense of workers and labourers.

7.

Who was the first President of the Republic?

a)

Manuel Azaña

b)

Niceto Alcalá Zamora

c)

Alejandro Lerroux

d)

Casares Quiroga

8.

How many phases were there in the II Republic?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

9.

What politician, member of the Radical Republican Party, was the main advocate for women's sufragge, achieved its incorporaton to the Constitution of 1931?

a)

Victoria Kent

b)

María Zambrano

c)

Clara Campoamor

d)

Margarita Nelken

10.

To what coalition did the group of anarquists, comunists and leftists adhere to?

(a)  

11.

The Second Republic lasted until...

(a)  

12.

What king left Spain after the municipal elections of 1931?

a)

Alfonso XIII

b)

Primo de Rivera Sr.

c)

Alfonso XII

13.

What segment of society opposed the II Republic?

a)

Landowners, the church and the military.

b)

Students and young people.

c)

Socialists, comunists and anarquists.

d)

The army

14.

The reformist biennium happens by the victory of the conservative political forces.

a)

true

b)

False

15.

The CEDA is a coalition of left-wing parties.

a)

False

b)

True

16.

When does the II Republic start?

a)

1936

b)

1933

c)

1931

d)

1939

17.

What is the objective of calling constituent cortes elections 1931?

a)

To constitute the first government of the newRepublic.

b)

To draft the new constitution.

c)

To solve the vacuum of power after the Primo de Rivera dictatorship.

d)

To consolidate the Restoration Regime

18.

What important innovation was introduced in the 1931 constitution?

a)

Universal suffrage men

b)

National sovereignty

c)

The recognition of individual rights

d)

Universal suffrage men and women

19.

What principle is referenced by this article of the 1931 constitution? "Los jueces son independientes en su función. Solo están sometidos a la ley"

a)

National sovereignty

b)

Universal suffrage men and women

c)

Separation of powers

d)

Recognition of the individual rights

20.

What is NOT one of the functions of the President of the Republic?

a)

Disolve the Cortes

b)

Propose candidates for the government president

c)

To form government with the ministers

21.

In education what was the end of State-church relations?

a)

Religious teachers had to teach new subjects, as Biology.

b)

Lessons were still carried out in convents and religious institutions.

c)

Education became managed only by the State.

22.

What was the purpose of the Reformist Biennium government with the Army reform?

a)

To stop the Asturias October Revolution.

b)

To prevent the hostility of monarchic generals.

c)

To include women in the military hierarchy.

d)

To eliminate military conscription ("mili")

23.

What groups incited the Casa Viejas insurrection of 1933?

a)

Monarchists

b)

Fascists

c)

Anarquists

d)

Republicans

24.

What event precipitated the fall of the Conservative Biennium?

a)

The massacre Casas Viejas

b)

The Sanjurjada

c)

The coup d'etat of 1936

d)

The scandal of corruption with estraperlo

25.

What motivated the creation of the coalition Frente Popular?

a)

The need for an armed front.

b)

An alliance of left-wing parties againts fascism.

c)

An alliance of right-wing parties against comunism.

26.

What fascist movement emerged during the Segunda República?

a)

PSOE

b)

La Confederación Española de las Derechas Autónomas (CEDA)

c)

Falange Española

27.

Who among the following did NOT support the coup against the Republic in the 17th of July 1936?

a)

Monarchists

b)

Fascists

c)

Big landlords whose properties had been expropiated

d)

Anarquists

28.

Who was the Labour minister who pushed through the Labour Reform?

a)

Manuel Azaña

b)

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

c)

Francisco Lerroux

d)

Fco. Largo Caballero

29.

Who became President of the government when Manuel Azaña was named President of the Republic?

a)

Santiago Casares Quiroga

b)

Francisco Largo Caballero

c)

Alejandro Lerroux

d)

José Giral

30.

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?

a)

José del Castillo

b)

Francisco Largo Caballero

c)

José Calvo Sotelo

d)

Jiménez de Asúa

31.

During the II Republic..................................took place.

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

The Agrarian Reform.

c)

The general strike of 1917

32.

Who was the first President of the II Republic?

a)

Alfonso XIII

b)

Niceto Alcalá Zamora

c)

Francisco Franco

33.

Why is it called the Second Republic?

a)

Because the leader was republian

b)

It is run by the Partido Republicano Radical

c)

The second most voted party was Derecha Liberal Republicana

d)

There was another in 1873

34.

Via the constitution of 1931, the State could take some properties and use them for the benefit of the public.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The most ambitious and contoversial reform was:

a)

To grant Autonomy Statutes

b)

Reform the army to make it more efficient.

c)

Expropriate poorly managed latifundios, split them in smaller allotments and distribute them among landless farmers.

d)

Divide the latifundios and convert them to monoculture

36.

What type of elections were called in the 12th of April 1931?

a)

Elecciones generales

b)

Elecciones municipales

c)

Elecciones autonómicas

d)

Prebiscito

37.

When was the constitution approved?

a)

June 1931

b)

June 1930

c)

December 1930

d)

December 1931

38.

When was the Republic proclaimed?

a)

14 April 1931

b)

13 April 1930

c)

12 April 1931

d)

18 July 1931

39.

What group got the biggest amount of councilmembers elected in the 12 April 1931 elections?

a)

Republicans

b)

Anarquists

c)

Socialists

d)

Monarchist

40.

Who won the 1936 elections?

a)

El Frente Popular

b)

La CEDA

c)

Republicans

d)

Anarquists

41.

Who won the 1933 election?

a)

El Frente Popular

b)

El Partido Radical & la CEDA

c)

Republicans

d)

PSOE

42.

Which is the flag of the II República?

a)
b)
c)
d)
43.

WHAT TYPE OF SUFFRAGE MADE WOMEN VOTING POSSIBLE?

a)

Census suffrage.

b)

Obligatory suffrage.

c)

Equalitarian suffrage.

d)

Universal suffrage.

44.

Which 2 autonomous regions got Autonomy Statutes approved?

a)

Galicia

b)

Navarra

c)

Cataluña

d)

País Vasco

45.

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)