Years of Reaction - UNDOING REFORMS

Question 1

What happened to agrarian reforms?

Answer 1

agrarian reforms scrapped
- e.g. Law of Municipal Boundaries

results in 1934 landowners enhanced powers to remove peasants from nationalised land
(can now use cheap foreign labour instead of expensive local peasants)

Question 2

Result of agrarian reforms being scrapped?

Answer 2

• increased evictions
• rural wages slumped
• led to a general strike organised by members of the agri union, the FNTT

Question 3

What happened to industrial reforms?

Answer 3

industrial reforms scrapped
e.g. laws improving position of trade unions

Question 4

Result of industrial reforms being scrapped?

Answer 4

substantial cut in the wages of industrial workers

Question 5

What happened to Catalonia reforms?

Answer 5

privileges + regional powers of the catalans withdrawn

Question 6

What happened to the powers of the Catholic Church?

Answer 6

powers of catholic church restored

e.g. revival of church-state relations
e.g. gov support for clerical salaries renewed
e.g. religious influence over education re-established