Topic 1: Years of Reaction 1934-1936 Flashcards
1
Q
Who was the Prime Minister?
A
Alejandro Lerroux
2
Q
Who was the President?
A
Niceto Alcala Zamora
3
Q
What was the gvt mostly made up of?
A
Right-wing
4
Q
When was CEDA created?
A
February 1933
5
Q
Who was the leader of CEDA?
A
Jose Maria Gil-Robles
6
Q
Why was CEDA created?
A
- opposed gvt reforms
focused on: - defending Catholicism
- property rights
- unity of Spain
7
Q
What were CEDA?
A
- right-wing group
- united to stop the lefts anti-clericalism
- made up of conservative, Catholics. landowners
8
Q
What were the consequences of CEDA?
A
- 1933 election result
- undoing reforms
- anarchist reaction
- socialist reaction
9
Q
what were the 1933 election results?
A
- gained 115 deputies- biggest party withing cortes
- CEDA and Radical Republicans benefited
10
Q
How did the elections undo the reforms?
A
- reversed land reform-wealthy landowners could retake land that gvt has taken away, so peasants lost land they were given
- attacked laws that established worker’s rights- so waged fell for workers
- Lerroux refused to enforce aspects of constitution that separated Catholic church and state
11
Q
What was the Anarchist reaction?
A
- only interests middle class
- wave of stikes and attacks on Civil Guard
- de-railed a train- 19 people died
12
Q
what were the 1933 elections?
A
- gained 115 deputies
- CEDA biggest party within cortes
- CEDA and Radical Republicans benefited
13
Q
What was the Socialist reaction?
A
- Asturias uprising
- socialist committee
14
Q
Who was the leader of the Socialist Committee?
A
Largo Caballero
15
Q
Why did the Socialist do bad in the 1933 elections?
A
- Casas Viejas massacre
- Withdrawal of support
- PSOE
- ‘Unholy alliance’
