This ruler’s reign included the so-called “Moderate Decade” and the “Progressive Biennium.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this non-English ruler whose ouster in the Glorious Revolution ushered in the Democratic Sexennium, which included the election of Amadeo of Savoy as king.
ANSWER: Queen Isabella II of Spain [or Doña Isabella II of Spain; or Queen Isabel II of Spain; or Elizabeth II of Spain; prompt on Queen Isabella or Isabel or Elizabeth II]
[10h] After the Sexennium, Antonio Cánovas implemented a system of contrived elections in which these local political bosses manipulated democratic institutions. These bosses resembled caudillos (“cow-DEE-yohs”), who typically held more widespread, military power.
ANSWER: caciques (“kah-SEE-kays”) [accept caciquismo]
[10e] The power of both Cánovas and the caciquismo (“kah-see-KEEZ-moh”) system declined in the lead-up to this war. The Generation of ’98 formed in response to this war, after which Spain lost most of its remaining colonial possessions.
ANSWER: Spanish–American War [or Guerra hispano-estadounidense]
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