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Catholic Church strangledhold over education
Catholic Church was given the control over education through the treaty between Spain and Rome. -
Loss of the last remnant of the Spanish Empire, Cuba
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The Spanish military was overstaffed.
The Spanish military was overstaffed and overpowered. -
Tragic Week
Poverty that the working-class faces resulted in a bloodshed in “Tragic Week”, where the army fired on rebellions. -
Spain was under constitutional monarchy
Spain was under constitutional monarchy, headed by King Alfonso XIII. -
Spanish government corruption and inefficiency
Spain sustained inefficient and corrupt government. -
Catalonia and Basque wanted their independence.
Catalonia and Basque wanted their independence. -
A spanish army was massacred to Morocco
A spanish army was massacred to Morocco when it tried putting down a rebellion, such defeat was a further blow upon Spain’s Pride. -
General Primo de Rivera seized control of Spain
General Primo de Rivera seized control of Spain through a bloodless coup to avoid the collapse of the monarchy. -
Rivera ended the ongoing war in Morocco.
Rivera ended the ongoing war in Morocco. -
New public work schemes were introduced by Rivera.
New public work schemes were introduced by Rivera. -
Industrial production rate tripled.
Industrial production rate tripled. -
Rivera suspended the Cortes (Parliament)
Rivera suspended the Cortes (Parliament) -
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The depression took effect in Spain.
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Agricultural prices plummeted.
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Industrial production collapse by more than 50%.
Industrial production collapse by more than 50%. -
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Unemployment proliferated.
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The army withdrew its support
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Rivera resigned as government leader
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Republicans won the elections that were held
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Afonso abdicated to avoid civil war
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The government separated into Left and Right Wing Republicans
The government separated into Left and Right Wing Republicans, as the former craved rapid social reform to appeal to the working-classes. -
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A new Spanish Fascist was established
A new Spanish Fascist party (the Falange) was established under Primo’s son, Jose Antonio de Rivera. -
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Reforms provoked the most superior elements of the society.
Reforms provoked the military, industrialists, landowners, the Catholic Church - the most superior elements of the society. -
An unsuccessful army coup led by General Sanjuro was overthrown
An unsuccessful army coup led by General Sanjuro, was overthrown upon the government led by Manuel Azana. -
The extreme left organised riots to destabilise the government
The extreme left organised riots in effort to destabilise the government of Azana. This lost the government a great deal of support among the working class and the socialists withdrew their support from the government. -
Left-Wing parties organised strikes, riots and vandalism.
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Azana resigned as Prime Minister.
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CEDE (Right-Wing parties) won the election
CEDE (Right-Wing parties) won a vast majority of support and formed a government led by Gil Robles -
Robles withdrew all reforms introduced by Azana government
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Spain was languishing towards chaos.
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Arturia coal miners engaged in a general strike
Arturia coal miners engaged in a general strike, then was relentlessly abolished by the army led by General Franco. -
The Catalans turned against the government
The Catalans had their privileges withdrawn and turned against the government. -
A general election was organised to restore order.
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The Left-Wing Popular Front coalition was elected
The Left-Wing Popular Front coalition won and Azana restored his position as the Prime Minister. -
The Right-Wing formed a National Front coalition
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Public disruption occurred, spiralling the country out of control.
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General Franco assumed control over the military
General Franco assumed control of the military, who then seized control of Spanish Morocco and crossed over into mainland Spain to conquer the government. -
Spain Civil War had started
The Spainish Civil War was fought between the Republicans and the Fascists. -
leading Right-Wing politician named Sotelo, was murdered.
leading Right-Wing politician named Sotelo, was murdered. Right-Wing politicians debated that they were at serious risk of a communist takeover. Consequently, they began to favour the idea of a military dictatorship, possibly led by General Mola.
