History A-Level
Political instability and social unrest
What Political instability and social unrest means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Political instability and social unrest
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The election aftermath saw widespread strikes, illegal land seizures by peasants, and escalating retaliatory violence between political extremes.
Topics that use Political instability and social unrest
- Creation and destabilisation of the Second Republic, 1930–36 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Agrarian reform and agricultural problems
- Army and church reform
- Great Depression
- Provisional government and Azaña reforms
- Responses from left and right, unrest and repression
- The attempted coup July 1936
- The significance of Sotelo’s assassination
- Formation of electoral alliances
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