L1ACR1_E Azaña
Read the text and answer the following questions:
Listen to the audio. " The new regime was installed without causing damage or casualties.The country was overflowing with happiness. The Republic sought to give shape to the aspirations that arose from the working class and to satisfy the most urgent needs of the people. Spanish society presented the most violent contrasts. In some urban areas, with high living standards, lived those who were adapted to all the modern aspects of contemporary civilization, while only a few kilometers away, were villages that appeared to be trapped in the 19th century. Miserable mountain shelters were in sight from the palaces of Madrid. The provinces in the north-east, where the land was brought to pieces, were unable to maintain the farmer; in southern and western provinces where the owner of 14000 hectares, holds in one hand the whole territory of a village. The Republic, as was its duty, stressed State action. An irreplaceable action regarding the rural working class. Unemployment, that affected all Spanish industries, was huge, chronic and exploited the land. Those who know anything about the Spanish economy know that the lucrative exploit of large rural properties was based on minimum wage and periodic unemployment for four to five months a year, in which the rural labourer could not work nor eat. With or without socialists, no regime that addresses its duty of ensuring its citizens fairly humane living conditions, could leave things in such a state that which the had Republic found it." Azaña, Manuel: Causes of the Spanish Civil War. 1939. |
Questions
(Listen to the audio)
- What kind of source is it? Is it a primary or a secondary source,/ textual, iconographic, cartographical// public, private/ meaning…? Justify your opinion ( 5-6 lines)(2 points)
- Explain how the Second Republic tried to solve the agrarian problem in the South of Spain? What happened in Catalonia with the "rabassaires"?( 7-8 lines)(2 points)
- Who opposed to Agrarian Law? And why? ( 5-6 lines)(2 points)
- Which were the most important problems that The Second Republic had to face? ( 5-8 lines)(2 points)
- Constitution 1931 (2 points):
5.1 Make a comment on the the Constitution 1931 article 36 :
(explain:how difficult was to approve it, kind of suffrage and discussions between Clara Campoamor and Victòria Kent)
5.2 Select another article of the 1931 Constitution , explain its importance and justify your choice
Article
Summarize
briefly
the articleReasons of
your choice
Resources:
Have a look at English or Catalan Study resources L1
You can use this frame to answer the questions.
Structure | Useful starters |
Useful vocabulary |
Source |
It is perfectly clear that you can see...
As you can see… This source is a... |
Primary /secondary source/ textual/ iconographical/ |
Context |
It refers to… The reforms The complexities of .. The working class suport |
Before/After the ... Second Republic/ diverse expectations/ socialist/anarchosyndicalist movements Spanish Civil War Parliamentary democracy the throne/ municipal elections global depression/ worldwide depression
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Concepts |
The Second Spanish Republic came to power.. The reformist aspirations.. The control of local institutions The Church.. The army... |
obstacles/ expectation/ popular basis/ classes poverty/ low taxation/deficit/ fiscal resources/ socio economic inequalities structural problems/ labour conflicts in the countryside/ landowners local laborers contracts lock outs |