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LA SEGUNDA REPÚBLICA ESPAÑOLA LA SEGUNDA REPÚBLICA ESPAÑOLA

THE SECOND SPANISH REPUBLIC

Segunda RepúblicaPeople became increasingly unhappy with the dictatorship. Alfonso XIII called for the elections to try to win back Spanish people`s trust, but it was too late. The people voted for a Republic and Alfonso XIII had to leave Spain. On April 14th 1931, Spain became a Republic again.


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LA CONSTITUCIÓN DE 1931 LA CONSTITUCIÓN DE 1931

THE CONSTITUTION OF 1931

The Constitution of 1931:

  • guaranteed freedom of expression.

  • gave the right to vote to men and women for the first time.

  • separated the Church from the Government and took away its privileges.

But some problems soon started to appear:

REFORMAS REFORMAS

CHANGES IN THE SECOND REPUBLIC

In the first years of the Second Republic the government created a new constitution and introduced social reforms. It carried out:

  • education reforms, including building thousands of new schools and removing religion as a mandatory subject.

  • land reforms that gave farm workers the opportunity to purchase land for themselves

  • labour reforms to improve the conditions and lives of workers.

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