Years of Reaction - REACTIONS TO UNDOING REFORMS Flashcards
1
Q
Reaction of the Landowning Class?
A
landowning class = lack of sympathy for rural workers
said “let the Republic feed you”
2
Q
Reaction of the Left?
A
protest from the left
- poorer classes particularly under threat
- lost any social progress/economic gains
3
Q
Result of anger from the left?
A
social disorder, chaos, violence, murder
- spontaneous strikes led by anarchist activists + attacks on isolated civil guard posts
4
Q
What happened in December 1933 as a result of undoing reforms + why?
A
December 1933 - derailing of the Barcelona-Seville express train = 19 people killed
+
poorer workers felt they had nothing to lose by taking a radical approach
