“Analyze the causes of either the Spanish Civil War or the Korean War.”

The Spanish Civil War is a classical example of a country changing from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy to a republic. This process was done through many different phases and most importantly through corruption and appealing speeches. I will throughout this essay closely examine some of the most important causes of the Spanish Civil War.

Write about the weaknesses of the government and the unstructured Spanish army:
• Explain why the why the elections in Spain were corrupt o The rich had the power o The party leaders were easily manipulated by the wealthy.
• The government was also weak because the king was allowed to interfere in the progress of electing a new prime minister o Builds on the corruption part above o King had a lot of power
• No difference between the Conservatives and the Liberals o No difference means it was only a matter of the party leader to convince other to support them o Weakness is that Spain could only go in one direction with two parties with the same goals and ideology.
• Explain how the army had lost support o Army known to be violent o Too many officers and people with power o They changed the system in Spain from a absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy

The powerful Catholic Church linked to the weaknesses of the government
• Explain the how the Catholic Church influenced the education o They were against modernization and liberalization o The rich funded the church and the rich also controlled most of the elections with corruption in form of money o The support of the church was widely spread
• Rural areas supported the church compared to the urban areas
Tie the economic causes and the political causes together, because I think they are closely related
• Peasants not satisfied with land they got, so disorder and uprisings broke out.
• Lack of support from the Church made the peasants seek anarchistic groups, who supported the peasants’ proposals and arguments.
• The church also slowed down the industrialization in Spain, which the peasants desperately needed (can also be linked to Catholic Church paragraph) o Long hours o Bad conditions
• CNT and UGT -> no progress
• Political parties emerged as a results of the opposition of the government as well as anarchists movements in Spain

The shift in the Republic from left to right
• The failure to carry out land reforms
• Undid each others work
• The lack of communication within the parties resulted in a division within the parties
• Anarchism was still a major movement and encouraged peasants act in order for their proposals to be heard o Lead to more violence.

Anarchism, individuality and mass protests were some of the most significant causes of the Spanish Civil War. As explained in the essay, the failure of the government to carry out reforms was also an important factor that led to the Civil War. It is reasonable to conclude that all the above-mentioned causes led to the Civil War, and the causes were necessary in order to for Spain to become a more democratic republic.