More Issues for the Second Republic - ECONOMIC + SOCIAL ISSUES

Question 1

What was happening globally when 2nd Republic came to power?

Answer 1

Great Depression of Autumn 1929

Question 2

Unemployment levels 1931 vs. 1933?

Answer 2

1931 - 400,000
1933 - 600,000

Question 3

What else in Spain was affected by GD?

Answer 3

International trade + foreign investment

Question 4

Stocks + shares change in worth 1935 compared to 1929?

Answer 4

1935 stocks + shares only worth 63% of 1929 value

Question 5

Industrial output in 1935 compared to 1929?

Answer 5

1935 industrial output only 77% of the 1929 figure

Question 6

What increased the effects of the GD in spain?

Answer 6

increased by existing high levels of poverty + hardship

+ also limited infrastructure - poor transport network, inadequate public buildings, weak levels of industrial output

Question 7

What was Spain’s predominately rural economy like in early 1930’s?

Answer 7

weak condition
- ppl struggling to make a living bc of small plots of land they worked on
- workers had uncertain future employment