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SPAIN SURVIVED THE 20TH CENTURY
LIVED TO ADVANTAGE ANOTHER TIME
IBERIAN PENINSULA
THIS IS THE STORY OF GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO
APPOINTED GENERALISSIMO OF NATIONALIST SPAIN IN 1936RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY GERMANY,
ITALYVICTOR OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
IN 1939RECOGNIZED AS SUCH BY BRITAIN AND
FRANCE
FRANCO BECAME AN AUTHORITARIAN RULER
DECLARED HEAD OF STATE FOR LIFE IN 1947
LIVED TO FULFILL THIS MANDATE BUT NOT AFTER
MASTER OF CONSERVATIVE FORCES
CHURCHMILITARYLANDLORD CLASSPROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS
OWNERSMIDDLE CLASSEDUCATED
RULER OF LIBERAL FORCES
GROUPS WHO HAD SUFFERED LONG AND OFTEN SILENTLY
LANDLESS FARMERSUNSKILLED FACTORY WORKERSUNEMPLOYEDUNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND
REGULAR SOLDIERSMINORITY ETHNICITIES
BACKGROUND OF FRANCO
BORN INTO A MILITARY FAMILYEDUCATED AT A MILITARY ACADEMYSERVED FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS IN
SPANISH MOROCCOLED ATTACKS AGAINST MOROCCAN
NATIONALISTSSTAYED OUT OF POLITICS
REPUTATION FOR BRUTALITY
ORDERED TO PUT DOWN A COAL MINERS STRIKE
COALS MINERS HAD CREATED A SOVIETWHAT IDEOLOGY DOES THIS
SUGGEST?
CONDITIONS IN SPAIN THAT WERE MADE FOR A FRANCO
REVERSES IN THE COLONIESSPANISH ARMY WAS MASSACREDSPOTLIGHTED A CORRUPT AND
INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIPCONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY FELL
KING WAS SIDELINEDGENERAL RIVERA DECLARED A
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN 1923
RIVERA WAS NOT THE CLASSIC DICTATOR
PUBLIC WORKSBUILT ROADS IRRIGATED LAND
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED
ENDED MOROCCAN REBELLION
WORLD WIDE DEPRESSION IN 1930’S
NEW ELECTIONS CALLED
REPUBLICANS WON IN ALL MAJOR CITIES
KING ALFONSO ABDICATED
REPUBLICAN PROGRAM
CATALONIA RECEIVED SOME AUTONOMY
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
MANY ARMY OFFICERS TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT
LARGE LAND HOLDINGS NATIONALIZED WAGES INCREASED
WHAT GROUPS WOULD OPPOSE THIS PROGRAM?
MAJORITY ETHNICITYROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHMILITARYLANDLORD CLASSESBUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL
LEADERS
THESE CONSERVATIVE FORCES HAD POWERFUL BACKERS
FASCIST ITALY UNDER MUSSOLINI
NAZI GERMANY UNDER HITLER
REPUBLICANS HAD A BACKER TOOWHO WOULD THAT BE?
CONSERVATIVES FORMED A NEW PARTY (FALANGE PARTY)
NEW ELECTIONS CALLED IN 1933
CONSERVATIVES WERE BACK IN POWER LED BY GIL ROBLES
REVERSED THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAM
LEFT FORMED THE POPULAR FRONT PARTY
SUPPORTED BY MANY LIBERAL FORCES
STRIKES WERE CALLED
RIOTS AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE FOLLOWED
NEW ELECTIONS CALLED
POPULAR FRONT WON-REPUBLICANS BACK IN CHARGE
COMMUNIST DOMINATEDSOCIALISTS WITHDREW SUPPORTMORE STRIKES AND RIOTSRIGHT- WING (CONSERVATIVE)
POLITICIAN MURDEREDNEW GOVERNMENT HAD LOST
CONTROL
FRANCO ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE MILITARY
TOOK CONTROL OF SPANISH MOROCCO
INVADED MAINLAND SPAIN
THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN IN JULY 1936
OUTSIDE FORCES LINED UP ON BOTH SIDES
FRANCO GERMANY ITALY PORTUGAL
REPUBLICAN SOVIET UNION INTERNATIONAL
BRIGADE OF VOLUNTEERS
NEW WEAPONS OF TECHNOLOGY
GUERNICA DESTROYED BY AERIAL BOMBING ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE BASQUES CIVILIANS TARGETED AS COMBATANTS
DEVASTATION AND DEATH PUBLICIZED AROUND THE WORLD
CHAMBERLAIN TAYLORED POLICY ON MEMORIES OF GUERNICA
FRANCO SECURED THE POWERS OF A DICTATOR
DECLINED HITLER’S REQUEST TO JOIN AXIS IN WWII
ELIMINATED OPPOSITION SECRET POLICEBASIC RIGHTS WERE LIMITEDCOMMUNISM WAS REJECTED
FRANCO DECLARED THE LABOR CHARTER
STATE AND ITS CITIZENS HAVE MUTUAL OBLIGATIONS
ALL CITIZENS HAD A DUTY TO WORK AND STATE ASSURED THEIR RIGHT TO WORK
ADEQUATE WAGES, PAID VACATIONS, LIMITED WORKING HOURS
LIBERAL FORCES ACKNOWLEDGED
STRIKES WERE TREASON
UNIONS ELIMINATED WORKERS REQUIRED TO JOIN VERTICAL
SYNDICATES OWNERS AND WORKERS WERE SUPPOSE
TO COOPERATE AIMED AT AUTARKY AND INCREASED
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CONSERVATIVE FORCES IN CHARGE
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BANNED CIVIL MARRIAGESDIVORCE ILLEGALRELIGIOUS EDUCATION
COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLSCENSORSHIPPUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED
PERMISSION
DEPRIVED OF MARSHALL PLAN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOWEST IN EUROPE
COLLABORATION WITH AXIS POWERS
DICTATORIAL POWERS-EL CAUDILLOACUTE SHORTAGESLABOR UNREST
SPAIN JOINED THE UN IN 1955
UNITED STATES LOOKED TO SPAIN AS A COLD WAR ALLY
SPAIN SEES RAPID GROWTH IN THE 1960’S
INFUSION OF AMERICAN CAPITALCOMPETITION ENCOURAGEDECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH
EUROPE BEGANINFLATION CURBEDGOVERNMENT CONTROLS RELAXEDRESTRICTIONS OF NON-CATHOLICS
EASED
JUAN CARLOS NAMED FRANCO’S HEIR
MONARCHY BECAME NOMINAL HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN 1975
SPAIN MOVED FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY PEACEFULLY
POWER DEVOLVED TO THE REGIONS
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT CALLED THE CORTES
ELECTIONS DETERMINED MAJORITY PARTY
MULTIPLE POLITICAL PARTIES
KING ASKS LEADER OF MAJORITY PARTY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT
PARTY LEADER BECOMES PRESIDENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POWERS
FOREIGN AFFAIRSEXTERNAL TRADEDEFENSEJUSTICELAWMERCHANT SHIPPINGCIVIL AVIATION
POST-FRANCO ERA
DEMONSTRATIONS AND STRIKES
TERRORIST ACTIVITYBASQUE SEPARATISTS
GOVERNMENT USED REPRESSION
SUAREZ APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER
PARTIAL AMNESTY TO POLITICAL PRISONERS
BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE WITH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
TRADE UNIONS REPLACED SYNDICALS
RIGHT TO STRIKE RESTOREDDIVERSE POLITICAL PARTIES
COMPETITION AND COOPERATION
JOINED NATO IN 1982
JOINED THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 1986
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPETERO
SOCIALISTS IN CONTROL TODAY
FORMER LEADER AZNAR WAS A CONSERVATIVE