The 4 Main Political Parties - PARTIES, AIMS, KEY FIGURES

Question 1

What were the 4 main parties within the 2nd Republic?
(lw - rw)

Answer 1

(left)
Spanish Socialist Party (C)
Moderate Republicans (A)
Radical Republican Party (L)
Conservatives (Z)
(right)

Question 2

Spanish Socialist Party
SUPPORTERS

Answer 2

• working class

Question 3

Spanish Socialist Party
AIMS

Answer 3

• radical social change
• more extreme as 30’s progressed

Question 4

Spanish Socialist Party
LEADER

Answer 4

Largo Caballero

Question 5

Moderate Republicans
SUPPORTERS

Answer 5

middle class with anticlerical tendencies

Question 6

Moderate Republicans
AIMS

Answer 6

in the form of the Republican Action Party
on the moderate left

Question 7

Moderate Republicans
LEADER

Answer 7

Manuel Azana

Question 8

Radical Republican Party
SUPPORTERS

Answer 8

mostly middle class

Question 9

Radical Republican Party
AIMS

Answer 9

despite its name DIDNT support radicalism
opposed to monarchy
towards the centre of political scale

Question 10

Radical Republican Party
KEY FIGURE

Answer 10

Alejandro Lerroux

Question 11

Conservatives
SUPPORTERS

Answer 11

the Church
elements of the army
large landowners
(rw party)

some supporters supported the Republic while others opposed it

Question 12

Conservatives
WEAKNESS

Answer 12

limited grouping 1931-33
weakened by their ongoing support for the monarchy, opposition to the Republic and preference for military rule

Question 13

Conservatives
KEY FIGURE

Answer 13

key figure in early stages of the 2nd Republic = Niceto Acala-Zamora