The document outlines exercises and materials for a geography and history class on the Second Spanish Republic. It includes a square to compare the Spanish Restoration Constitution to the Republican Constitution, questions about the Republic's periods, and a square to identify problems and proposals for solving them during the Provisional Government, Reformist Two Years, and Black Two Years periods. Students will work in groups to complete the squares and discuss the periods of the Republic.

1. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Index
Exercise 1: Constitutions (it will be done after seeing the characteristics of the 1931
Constitution)
Exercise 2: Questions about the unit.
Exercise 3: The square will be completed as we go developing the unit, in order to
have a clear idea of the different periods of the Second Republic.
Exercise 4: This is the most demanding but also the most important of the unit. If the
square is well completed, students can have a very good summary of the unit. At the
same time, the work with the different items can be helpful to make them think about
the unit, revise the concepts studied and compare their ideas with their peers.
Given the difficulty of the task, we will divide the class in three groups so that each of
them will focus on the problems of one period. Then, they will share their decisions
with other groups and finally we will correct it in the classroom, in order to assure that
all of them have the right answers. We include the task as we present it, with the
square, the list of problems and the instructions, and also the completed square.
Online exercise: We have included a little revision exercise, as an example, in the
following link:
http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/1354645/second_republic.htm

2. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Exercise 1: Constitutions
Complete the square comparing the Restoration Constitution and the Republican
constitution:
Restoration constitution Republic Constitution
State definition
Sovereignty
Chambers
Powers
Suffrage
Rights
Church
Autonomies
Women

3. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Model answer
Restoration constitution Republic Constitution
State definition Constitutional monarchy Workers’ republic
Sovereignty King + Courts National
Chambers Two: Congress and Senate One: Congress
Powers
-Leg.: King + Courts
-Exc.: King
-Jud.: tribunals
-Leg.: Congress
-Exc.: Elected ministers
-Jud.: tribunals
Suffrage Limited (Censitaire) -Universal: men and
women
Rights Some limits
Wide range of rights: job,
house, meeting,
education…
Church Direct relation: control of
education
Non confessional state:
Government does not
sustain church
economically + forbidden
in education
Autonomies ---------------
Possibility of creating
autonomous regions inside
Spain statutes
Women --------------- Allowed to vote and
equality

4. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Exercise 2
QUESTIONS
1. Which were the main characteristics of the 1931 Constitution?
-State definition
-Suffrage
-Freedoms
-Chambers
-Powers
-Relations to the church
2. Which measures created by Primo de Rivera continued being applied? What
were them for?
3. How did people as Lorca contribute to the expansion of the republican ideas?
4. Which were the causes of Sanjurjo’s coup d’état? How did it finish?
5. Casas Viejas. What happened here? Which were the causes? What
consequences did it have?
6. Why was so conflictive the entrance of CEDA ministers in the government?
7. What was the position of the two main unions in relation to government’s
policy?
8. Which were the main facts of the known as 1934 October Revolution? How did
them finish?

5. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
9. Why did finish Lerroux political career?
10. How did evolve the Catalan government during the Second Republic?
11. What was the problem for the Basque autonomy statute being accepted?
12. How was formed the Popular Front? Why did they win the elections?

6. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Exercise 3
Second Republic (1931-1936)
Name of the period Chronology
Political group/groups.
President of the republic
Prime Minister
Work
Provisional Government
Reforming Years
Black Two Years
Popular Front

7. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Exercise 4
SECOND REPUBLIC PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS FOR SOLUTION
Problem Situation Reformist Two Years Black Two Years
Constitution
Education
Religion
Army
Nationalisms
Agriculture
Social

8. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Problems Square Guide
In this document you can find all the characteristics needed to complete the square about the problems during the Second Republic.
You can begin your work in two different ways:
-try to distinguish to what matter can belong each of the affirmations
-try to establish what of the three periods (before the Republic, reformist or left wing parties government, or black two years of right
wing parties government) does it belong to.
After that doing, complete the square.
You can use these concepts as expressed here or you can choose your own version.
Society controlled by the elites
Divorce law
Restrictions to the constitution
Aim to change the rules
It was that of the restoration
Not fast enough
Only Catholicism was allowed
Non official
Catalans got their statute
Too many officials
Primary school compulsory
Modernization

9. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Big estates and lots of peasants without land
It was not well prepared
Church recovers its position
Economic help to priests
Only at hand for privileged classes
Not used during dictatorship
State does not pay priests
Progressive constitution
More importance to catholic moral
Real universal suffrage
Every creed is permitted
Distribution of land
Schools were maintained
Aim to reform the constitution
Gained importance
Basque negotiation stopped
Influence of religion
Denial to church teaching
Reduction of official numbers
Basques started negotiating theirs
No public compulsory
Plotting
It was the official of the State
Not great progression during the dictatorship
They have started their way
Civil marriage and baptism
Aim to change article 26
Confiscation of estates

10. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
Backwardness
Separation church-state
Suspension of Catalan self-government
Land given back to their former owners
Schools built
Civil cemeteries
Suspension of the reform

11. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT
Teacher: Maite Fresnillo
SECOND REPUBLIC PROBLEMS AND PROPOSALS FOR SOLUTION
Problem Situation Reformist Two Years Black Two Years
Constitution
It was that of the restoration
Not used during dictatorship
Progressive constitution
Real universal suffrage
Separation church-state
Restrictions to the constitution
Aim to change article 26
Education
No public compulsory
Only at hand for privileged
classes
Primary school compulsory
Schools built
Denial to church teaching
Schools were maintained
Church recovers its position
Religion
Only Catholicism was allowed
It was the official of the State
Non official
Every creed is permitted
State does not pay priests
Aim to reform the constitution
Economic help to priests
Army
Too many officials
It was not well prepared
Reduction of official numbers
Modernization
Gained importance
Plotting
Nationalisms
They have started their way
Not great progression during the
dictatorship
Catalans got their statute
Basques started negotiating
theirs
Suspension of Catalan self-
government
Basque negotiation stopped
Agriculture
Backwardness
Big estates and lots of peasants
without land
Confiscation of estates
Distribution of land
Not fast enough
Suspension of the reform
Land given back to their former
owners
Social
Influence of religion
Society controlled by the elites
Divorce law
Civil marriage and baptism
Civil cemeteries
Aim to change the rules
More importance to catholic
moral