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The Long-Term And Short Term Causes Of The Spanish Civil War

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The Spanish Civil war broke out on July 17th 1936, when there was a revolt by the right-wing Spanish military officers, along with the monarchists, conservatives, and fascists paramilitary against the left-wing Republican government. The causes of the civil war were many, and there were both long term and short term causes.

There was political instability in Spain. Politically, Spain had been a constitutional monarchy, which implies that it was “democratically ruled”. The Cortes was elected to rule, nevertheless real ruling power was executed by the rich oligarchs. There was political issues in Spain as well, there were various groups which are against the political status in the Spain, and had different ideas and theories. There was a liberal
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