Agrarian Reform (jun 1, 1931 – nov 1, 1933)
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Agrarian reforms introduced early by the Second Spanish Republic were among the many issues leading to the Civil War of 1936-1939. Laws were introduced requiring landowners to hire local residents ahead of outsiders (the Municipal Boundaries Act), and orders were issued to prevent owners from withdrawing their land from production and to keep it under cultivation according to traditional practice. The reform was directed at the redistribution of land, which meant going head to head with landed interests primarily in Andalusia, Extremadura and parts of Castile (Salamanca and Southern La Mancha). Several proposals were presented to the Spanish government between July 1931 and August 1932, but all were rejected as either inadequate by the socialists or too extreme by the conservatives. Inevitably, failure to compromise led to the increasing divide between the right wing and the left wing.
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