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SECOND TERM, SECOND TEXT

THE RESTORATION

1 Find the correct words for these definitions in the text:

a. To remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force: tooverthrow.

b. Feeling that you are sorry for something wrong you have done: repentant.c. As long as:provided.d. A method or an idea that seems likely to have a particular result: recipe.e. To come together to form one larger group: to coalesce.f. A person whose job is to take care of sheep:shepherd.g. The form of government:polities.h. Very great or very strong: so powerful that you cannot resist it:

overwhelming.i. The head of the government of a town or city:Mayor.

j. To stop something from happening or existing: to cease.k. The people in a country who have the right to vote: electorate.l. A person who votes or has the right to vote: voter.m. An officer of middle rank in the army: lieutenant.n. To divide a group of people into smaller groups: to split.o. To leave somebody without help or support: to desert.

p. To imagine what will happen in the future: to envisage.q.

A person who has a strong influence on who has political power:power-broker.

2 Summarize the text in ten lines

This text is about the Restoration Monarchy and its constitution of 1876. The king

Alfonso XII accepted this constitution. A new policy was created by the leader of the

Conservative party, Cnovas del Castillo, and the leader of the Liberal party, Prxedes

Mateo Sagasta, where Progressives, repentant Democrats and Republicans were allowed

to govern in an alternative way with the Conservatives. This was called the turno

pacfico. Spain was one of the most democratic polities of Europe but only on paper. Infact, there was an institutionalized electoral corruption that is known by caciquismo.

This is why FranciscoSilvela deserted Cnovas and the Conservative party split up. This

corruption played in favour of the king who played a moderator roll but when the two-

party system fragmented, he became a power-broker.

3 It is time to develop a basic vocabulary about political matters. Could you

write these words in English?

- Monarqua: Monarchy

- Monarqua Parlamentaria: Parliamentary Monarchy

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- Democracia: Democracy

- Repblica: Republic

- Dictadura: Dictatorship

- Gobierno: Government

- Ministerio: Ministry

- Ministro: Minister

- Parlamento: Parliament

- Congreso: Congress

- Senado: Senate

- Presidente del Gobierno: Prime Minister

- Alcalde: Mayor

- Gobernador: Civil Governor

- Elecciones: elections

- Convocar elecciones

- electorado: electorate

-Votante: voter

- Ganar las elecciones/perder las elecciones: to win/lose the elections

- Campaa electoral: election campaign

- Resultados electorales: election results

- Votar a: to vote