First World War

Question 1

why did spain politically support Germany

Answer 1

liked their political system:
militaristic
top-down authority
respect for higher classes
old fashioned political monarchy

Question 2

split between the peninuslares and africanistas

Answer 2

peninsulares - worked in mainland spain, felt promotion should be based on how long you’ve served
africanistas - in morocco, felt promotion should be based on military endeavour

Question 3

russian revolution

Answer 3

1917

worlds first communist state.

Question 4

wall street crash and depression

Answer 4

wall street crash 1929
great depression 1929-1939
but took longer to hit spain, and longer for spain to recover.

Question 5

jackson points

Answer 5

agricultural and industrial production rose from 1860-1914, but spain failed to use wartime profits for modernisation

Question 6

blinkhorn points

Answer 6

after 1919 advent of mass politics coincided with general acceptance of ethnicity and nationality as the basis of the state.

Question 7

brenan points

Answer 7

during ww1 - landowners doubled and trebled their capital

workmens wages rose, as did price of living

Question 8

what happened to the industrial working class 1910-1930

Answer 8

doubled to over 2,500,000

Question 9

what happened to agriculture percentage 1910-1930

Answer 9

66% to 45%

Question 10

what percentage of landowners owned what in the south

Answer 10

less than 2% owned 2/3 of land

Question 11

how many labourers were there in the south

Answer 11

750,000

Question 12

how many spaniards emigrated to americas when

Answer 12

1846-1932 - 5 million