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When the Spanish government started having problems the King introduced martial law in 1923 to deal with the issues. Censoring the media and the removal of the Cortes or parliament and jury systems lasted until December of 1925 when Rivera ended his dictatorship. One of the revolts in North Africa led by Abd-el-Krim was ended in 1927. Berenguer got rid of the assembly set up by Primo and wanted to have elections. This did little to end the opposition to the Kings rule. When censorship was stopped in September of 1930 the opposition to the King became vocal. To stop this up rising Alfonso promised elections in March of 1931. Alfonso was voted out of office in the elections that did not happen until April and left the country. A Republic was set up after the King left and representitives would be elected every four years. Church and State were separated by the Cortes. In 1932 General Sanjurjo tried to arouse opposition by taking over seville btu was stopped defeated. Catalonia achieved home rule and many other areas also demanded autonomy but Azana reintroduced censorship to stop this revolt. Azana was voted out in the next election and Lerroux entered and ended Catalonias autonomy. Lerroux was in a coalition with the popular action party led by Gil Robles. Robles left in March of 1935 and ended the coalition. Lerroux's rule only lasted until September of 1935 when coalitions were brought back. Azana was able to gain power and become president by giving amnesty to strikers. An army revolt was started on July 17, 1936 by military leaders in Morocco Cadiz, Seville and large towns. This revolt became the Spanish Civil War. On April 26, 1937 Guernica was bombed by German planes. Because the planes were German the attack was attributed to the nationalists but some think it was a republican effort to gain support.