HL Topic 14 Interwar Years : CS 3 - Spain and Spanish Civil War (1918-1939) Flashcards
Origins of Spanish Civil War
Long, short and immediate causes
Primo de Rivera Regime (1923-1930)
Polarization and political parties under the Second Republic (1931-1936)
Azaña and GIl Robles 1931-1936
Primo de Rivera Regime (1923-1930)
Undermining of Democratic Institutions (Coup)
Economic Policies and Crises
Social Unrest and Inequality
Political Extremism
Polarization and political parties under the Second Republic (1931-1936)
Emergence of the Second Republic
Ideological Divides
CEDA
The Clergy
Bienio NEgro
Agrarian Reform and Catalan Statute Changes in Government
Popular Front
Azaña and Gil Robles 1931-1936
Azaña:
Divisive, anticlerical
Responsible for the social reforms that alienated the right
Failed to pacify radical left
Responsible for Casas Viejas
Unpopular in both left and right
Gil Robles (Bienio Negro):
Leader of the CEDA
Emphasized traditional and catholic values
More Authoritarian approach
Polarizing
Long-Term Causes
Weakness of the government
The role of the Establishment (Church, army, and government)
Economic Factors (agriculture, lack of industrialization, poverty)
Regions and Separatism
Emergence of opposition
Fall of Monarchy
Short-Term and Immediate Causes
Left Republic 31-33
The Right Republic (Bienio Negro) 33-36
Popular Front 36
Failed Coup 36
Practices/Outcomes of the Spanish Civil War
Foreign Involvement
Economic Resources
Leadership/Unity
Nationalist Strengths
Reasons for Political Polarization
Long-Term Political Factors
Short-Term Political Factors
Economic Factors
Polarization - Long-Term Political Factors
Establishment’s Opposition to modernity
Army
Church
Emergence of leftist and revolutionary groups
Separatism
Political Instability
Short-Term Political Factors
Second Republic
Clergy’s Political Influence
Anarchist and Socialist Unrest
CEDA
Falange
Asturias Uprising
Popular Front
Unrest and Land Seizures
Murder of Jose Castillo and Jese Sotelo
Economic Factors
Class divisions
Economic boom post WW1
Widespread Strikes
Military and Junteros Unrest
Anarcho-Syndicalism
Rural wealth gap and Violence
Industrial unrest
Andalucian Agricultural Crisis
Globa Economic Crisis