The 4 Main Political Parties - THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION

Question 1

Political situation by the end of 1931?

Answer 1

conservatives and radical republicans had left the government
- conservatives left bc of anticlerical laws and threats to landowner interests
- radical repubs bc of radical social reforms advocated by socialists

Question 2

What did moderate republicans do to consolidate its position?

Answer 2

introduced Republican-orientated constitution (Azana’s party)

Question 3

When was the Republican Constitution introduced?

Answer 3

December 1931

Question 4

Values of the Republican Constitution

Answer 4

• freedom of association (helped growth of TU)
• secular education
• voting rights for women (from 1933)
• legalising divorce
• attacking the traditional rights/privileges of established religion + nobility
• disestablishment of the Catholic Church + freedom of religious worship
• preserving regional powers + autonomy