Dynastic parties — main support?
Support the monarchy, not true rivals.
Conservative party — social base?
Landowners, high bourgeoisie, Church.
Liberal party — social base?
Middle classes, professionals.
Torn pacífic — purpose?
Controlled power alternation by monarchy.
Constitution of 1876 — sovereignty?
Shared between king and Cortes.
Bicameral Cortes — chambers?
Congress (elected), Senate (partly appointed).
Electoral reform 1890 — change?
Universal male suffrage introduced.
Religious status — constitution?
Confessional Catholic state with tolerance.
Electoral fraud — encasillado?
Prearranged list of guaranteed deputies.
Electoral fraud — tupinada?
Vote falsification and census inflation.
Caciquism — role?
Local bosses control rural voting.
Restoration system — flexibility?
Allows governance by both parties without systemic change.
Monarchy — control mechanism?
Royal decision on government changes.
Political stability — key factor?
Peaceful rotation and electoral control.
Electoral system — initial feature?
Censitary suffrage, limited voting rights.
Cortés — evolution?
Expanded suffrage, but manipulation persisted.
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1. If a landowner and a member of the high bourgeoisie support policies to maintain social order and protect Catholic interests, which political party during the Restoration are they most likely to support?
2. Which statement matches the topic "General characteristics and social bases of Conservative and Liberal parties"?
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