Which political party was led by Praxedes Mateo Sagasta during the Restoration era?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Liberal Party
- Step 1: According to the official source: Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar (21 July 1825 – 5 January 1903) was a Spanish civil engineer and politician who served as Prime Minister on eight occasions between 1870 and 1902, always in charge of the Liberal Party, as part of the turno pacifico, alternating with the Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas . ... Mateo Sagasta's political opponents saw his action as a betrayal of Spain and blamed him for the country's defeat in the war and the loss of its island territories in the Treaty of Paris of 1898. Answer: Liberal Party. Why not the others: Conservative Party, Federal Democratic Party, and Carlist Traditionalist Party were rival political parties during the Restoration and 19th-century Spanish parliamentary politics.
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