TEACHER IRENE'S BLOG 6º E.P. (ENGLISH AND SCIENCE)

  FRANCISCO FRANCO (DICTATOR)   KING JUAN CARLOS I ADOLFO SUAREZ(UCD)   LEOPOLDO CALVO-SOTELO(UCD)   TEJERO (COUP D’ETAT)   FELIPE GONZÁLEZ (PSOE)   JOSE MARÍA AZNAR (PP)   LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO(PSOE)   KING FELIPE VI   MARIANO RAJOY(PP)   PEDRO SÁNCHEZ(PSOE)  

  XX AND XXI CENTURIES 1.Alfonso XIII (From 1902 to 1923) Under his rule there was a movement called regenerationism that consisted of modernising politics, society and the economy.   He was not a popular king because of three reasons: 1.      People were unhappy with the two-party political system 2.      Food prices were rising because of World War 1 3.      Spain needed soldiers to protect the colony of Morocco . We suffered heavy losses.   2. General Primo de Rivera (From 1923 to 1930) In 1923 Primo de Rivera organised a coup with the support of Alfonso XIII. He suspended the Constitution of 1812 He established a dictatorship that lasted until 1930 In the later years of the dictatorship, Spain had an economic decline and bankruptcy.     3.The Second Republic (from 1931 to 1936) In 1931, Alfonso XIII held municipal elections . The Republicans won . After ...