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THE SECOND SPANISH REPUBLIC
Proclamation and constitution
The regime's secular ideas harmed the Catholic Church some republicans were strongly anticlerical
Elections to Cortes Constituyentes were called in order to draft the Constitution of 1931
There were constitutional principles
Separation between the Church and the state
Right of the regions to establish statutes of autonomy
Division of powers, legistlative powers: single-chamber Cortes, executive: president of Republic, law courts: judicial power
Universal suffrage starting from the age of 23, Spanish women's right to vote was recognise
Social rule of law, Spain declared itself a Republic of workers from all classes
The reformist biennium(1931-1933)
Republicans and socialists formed a coalition government
The Statute of Autonomy of Cataluña, Procedures began to approve statutes in the Pais Vasco and Galicia
Army, active military officers had to swear allegiance to the Republic
Agricultural reform, land was redistributed, the aim was to provide day labourers and poor peasants with land
Education, improve the cultural level and opportunities of the lower classes and to modernise the country
Religion, separation between Church and state was addressed to establish a secular society
Social reforms, was intensive social legislation to improve working conditions, wages and social security for the working class
The black biennium(1933-1936)
Founding of the Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Rights in 1933
This party was made up of Catholic groups which declared their sympathies with the fascist model
CASA VIEJAS INCIDENT
Civil guard and Guardia de asalto brutally suppressed an anarchist uprising
The 1933 elections were won by right.wing parties
Radical Party led by Alejandro Lerroux took power
Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera founded the Falange Española, a minority fascist party
In the October Revolution of 1934 insurgents took towns and mining areas in Asturias
Victory of the popular front(1936)
The conservaties tried to form a coalition, the National Front
It abandoned the failed revolutionary strategy of 1934 and dealt with lack of unity seen
The search for an agreement for an alliance led to the constitution of the Popular Front
Restoration of Catalan autonomy and its autonomous institutions
Reintroduction of the Agricultural Reform abolished by the Radical-CEDA government
Strengthening the educational, social and religious reforms began during the reformist biennium
Amnesty for political prisioners, during the strikes in 1934
