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II REP & CIVIL WAR

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  • PRIMO DE RIVERA DICTATORSHIP (1923-1930)

    PRIMO DE RIVERA DICTATORSHIP (1923-1930)
    Miguel Primo de Rivera seized power through a military coup on September 1923, establishing a dictatorship
    During his dictatorship, Primo de Rivera implemented various reforms aimed at modernizing Spain's infrastructure and economy, such as public works projects and labor reforms.
    However, his regime was marked by authoritarianism, censorship, and suppression of political opposition, despite some attempts at liberalization.
    Primo de Rivera's dictatorship ended on January 1930.

  • SPANISH SECOND REPUBLIC (1931-1939)

    SPANISH SECOND REPUBLIC (1931-1939)
    With Primo de Rivera's resignation in January 1930, King Alfonso XIII attempted to restore parliamentary democracy, but public dissatisfaction with the monarchy led to municipal elections in April 1931, in which republicans won overwhelmingly.
    On April 14, 1931, King Alfonso XIII fled the country, and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.

  • 1931 CONSTITUTION

    1931 CONSTITUTION
    The Constitution of the Second Spanish Republic was approved on December 9, 1931.
    It established principles such as the separation of powers, equality of rights regardless of gender, religion, or social class, and freedom of expression, assembly, and association.
    The Constitution also decentralized power, granting significant autonomy to regions like Catalonia and the Basque Country.

  • ASTURIAS MINER´S STRIKE (1934)

    ASTURIAS MINER´S STRIKE (1934)
    In October 1934, miners in the Asturias region launched a strike to protest against the conservative government of the Second Republic, led by Alejandro Lerroux.
    The strike quickly escalated into a full-blown insurrection, with workers seizing control of towns and factories in Asturias.
    The government responded with a military crackdown, deploying troops and aerial bombing against the striking workers.

  • SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-1939)

    SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-1939)
    The Spanish Civil War erupted on 1936, when a group of military officers, led by Francisco Franco, rebelled against the Republican government. The war pitted the Republican government, supported by left-wing militias and international volunteers, against the Nationalist rebels, backed by conservative factions, monarchists, and fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Nationalist forces emerged victorious in 1939, leading to the establishment of a dictatorial regime known as Francoist Spain,