Short Term Causes
The left republic (1931-1933)

Azana's actions:

Attempt to separate Church and state
Limiting power of the army by offering early retirement on full pay to officers > this plan backfired due to high costs and radicalization of the remaining officers.
Land redistribution program > this also backfired, few families benefited as government ran out of money, the political right saw the program as a threat to landed elite and an attempt to copy the Soviet system
Problems that had existed in Spain for decades were made worse by the Great Depression
Agriculture prices dropped, exports fell and unemployment rose

The right republic (1933-1936)

	Created by Callum Paton over 10 years ago

International Baccalaureate History Note on Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) , created by Callum Paton on 29/04/2014.