Weekly Review 6 - Civil War

Question 1

When did the Nationalists begin their advance to Catalonia?

Answer 1

23 December 1938

Question 2

How many Republicans were taken prisoner during the advance into Catalonia?

Answer 2

200,000

Question 3

When did Barcelona fall?

Answer 3

26 January 1939

Question 4

Where did President Azana flee to?

Answer 4

France through the Pyrenees

Question 5

When was the final meeting of the Constituent Cortes?

Answer 5

1 February 1939

Question 6

What did the Republicans do immediately to Catalonia when they took over?

Answer 6

autonomy was rescinded and Catalan tongue was banned

Question 7

When did the Nationalists take Valencia?

Answer 7

March 1939

Question 8

When did Franco’s forces launch their final push on Madrid?

Answer 8

26 March 1939

Question 9

When did the Nationalists take Madrid?

Answer 9

27 March 1939

Question 10

When did Franco declare the civil war over?

Answer 10

1 April 1939

Question 11

How much of Barcelona’s industry was collectivised in the civil war?

Answer 11

70%

Question 12

When did the Nationalists start air raids?

Answer 12

late August 1936

Question 13

What was the uniform for Republican militia?

Answer 13

blue boiler suits ‘monos’

Question 14

What happened to Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera (Falange founder) in Madrid?

Answer 14

arrested and executed by Republican firing squad in November 1936

Question 15

When did the Nationalists impose Martial Law?

Answer 15

18 July 1936

Question 16

What was Martial Law?

Answer 16

enhanced secret police powers, tough criminal sanctions and curfew to maintain order

Question 17

When was the Decree of Unification?

Answer 17

19 April 1937

Question 18

What was the Decree of Unification?

Answer 18

made Nationalist Spain a one party state

Question 19

What was the one party not banned in Nationalist Spain?

Answer 19

FET-JONS

Question 20

What was the Labour Charter (1938)?

Answer 20

Nationalists established state-run alternatives to trade unions

Question 21

What was Dolores Ibarruri known as?

Answer 21

La Pasionara (the Passion Flower)

Question 22

What was Dolores Ibarruri known for?

Answer 22

her speeches and radio broadcasts, her saying ‘They shall not pass’

Question 23

Who was Federica Montseny?

Answer 23

minister of health in Caballero’s government

Question 24

How were Nationalist women not supposed to dress?

Answer 24

masculine or sexually alluring attire eg. jeans or makeup

Question 25

What happened to prostitution in Spain from 1936 to 1939?

Answer 25

it grew

Question 26

What was the women’s section of the Falange called?

Answer 26

Seccion Femenica

Question 27

What was the women’s section of the Carlists called?

Answer 27

Carlist Margaritas

Question 28

What did the National Defence Council decree in September 1936?

Answer 28

divorce and civil marriage was outlawed, separate education syllabus for girls created

Question 29

What were Nationalist women required to do by decree from October 1937?

Answer 29

support the war by running social services eg. youth centres, health services and public canteens

Question 30

What did Federica Montseny introduce?

Answer 30

clinics for women and legalising abortions

Question 31

What did Communist Women Against Fascism do?

Answer 31

organised women to work as nurses/childcare

Question 32

What did Mika Etchebehere do?

Answer 32

led a squadron of POUM militia

Question 33

How many women fought in socialist militia groups and what were they called?

Answer 33

1000 milicianas

Question 34

What was Linda Odena known for?

Answer 34

heroism after her death on the Grenada front

Question 35

When did the Republicans withdraw women from the frontlines?

Answer 35

September 1936

Question 36

What happened to brothels in anarchist areas?

Answer 36

men running them shot, prostitutes formed collectives and shared their profits