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Employment Rates

~ talented workers forced into permanent exile

~ Highest unemployment rate was in 1933 with 25%

~ Lowest unemployment rate was in 1929 with about 3%

How the Government Helped

~ interest payments on a sizable national debt and provide essential services to the public

Political

~ 1920, Spain was a constitutional monarchy. The king was Alfonso XIII.

~ government increased relief spending, it also contributed to the crisis by laying off employees and making cuts to health care, education

~ General Primo de Rivera took control of Spain and ruled as a military dictator

Interesting facts

~ 1931, elections were held in Spain which resulted in republicans winning all the major cities

~ most serious negative impact came after 1936 from civil war in Spain.

Economy

~ harmed by a

sharp decrease in GDP, investment and imports

~ had a 20% slowdown

~ isolated economy, with high protective tariffs

~ Banking and Agriculture held up well

~ Stayed neutral in the Second World War, by selling to both sides, economy avoided further disasters

Social Impacts and Changes

~ 1936 and 1939 over 500,000 people were killed in the Spanish Civil War

~ Many people losing their jobs starved and couldn't provide for their families.

~ Many homes were destroyed during the civil war leaving people without homes

The Great Depression in Spain

By Zoe Birkett

Bibliography

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-spanish-civil-war/the-causes-of-the-spanish-civil-war/

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