The 4 Main Political Parties - PARTIES, AIMS, KEY FIGURES Flashcards
What were the 4 main parties within the 2nd Republic?
(lw - rw)
(left)
Spanish Socialist Party (C)
Moderate Republicans (A)
Radical Republican Party (L)
Conservatives (Z)
(right)
Spanish Socialist Party
SUPPORTERS
- working class
Spanish Socialist Party
AIMS
- radical social change
- more extreme as 30’s progressed
Spanish Socialist Party
LEADER
Largo Caballero
Moderate Republicans
SUPPORTERS
middle class with anticlerical tendencies
Moderate Republicans
AIMS
in the form of the Republican Action Party
on the moderate left
Moderate Republicans
LEADER
Manuel Azana
Radical Republican Party
SUPPORTERS
mostly middle class
Radical Republican Party
AIMS
despite its name DIDNT support radicalism
opposed to monarchy
towards the centre of political scale
Radical Republican Party
KEY FIGURE
Alejandro Lerroux
Conservatives
SUPPORTERS
the Church
elements of the army
large landowners
(rw party)
some supporters supported the Republic while others opposed it
Conservatives
WEAKNESS
limited grouping 1931-33
weakened by their ongoing support for the monarchy, opposition to the Republic and preference for military rule
Conservatives
KEY FIGURE
key figure in early stages of the 2nd Republic = Niceto Acala-Zamora