Franco's Regime

Flashcards about the Franco regime in Spain

El caudillo

Francos nickname

Una, Grande y Libre

Francoist motto.

Law on the Principles of the National Movement

Fundamental law that codified Franco’s ideology.

ETA Attack Targets

Judges or politicians who did not think like them.

Frente de Juventudes and Sección Femenina

Important women's organizations during Franco’s regime.

20th November 1975

Fracos death

Maquis

Guerrilla groups formed by republicans.

1947

When was the law of succession issued?

1955

Spain Joins UN and Other Organizations

Carrero Blanco

President killed by ETA.

Fascism, National Catholicism, traditionalism, and patriotism.

Official ideology of francos regime

Labour Charter

Fundamental law that mandated “vertical trade unions”.

Juan Carlos I

Became king after Franco.

Fuero de los Españoles

Law that guaranteed rights and duties for Spanish people.

Tourism

Sector that experienced major growth during the 60s.

National Movement

The only legal party during Franco's regime.

Falange Española, army, monarchists, and Catholics.

Franco’s main support

1945

Fuero de los españoles aprooval

Potsdam Conference

Conference that decided to close the border to Spain and start a diplomatic blockade.

1945 to 1955

Spain’s Greatest international isolation

France

Country that closed the borders to Spain in 1946.

Korean War

Event after which the US stopped threatening Franco.

Gibraltar issue and independence of Equatorial Guinea.

Agreements signed in the 60s

Technocrats

Members of the Opus Dei.

60s

Decade of Largest Industrial Power (Spain)

Adolfo Suárez

First democratic prime minister after Franco.

Spain is different

Slogan for Spanish tourism.

Murder of Carrero Blanco

Death that influenced the end of the regime.

1955

Spain Joins the UN

1952

Spain joins the UNESCO

1968

Independence of Equatorial Guinea

Eisenhower

American president that visited Spain during Francoism to establish alliances.

Autarchy

Economic system during Franco's regime.

Hendaya

Where Franco met with Hitler.

1942

Organic Democracy Establishment

Onésimo Redondo

Founder of JONS.

Pilar Primo de Rivera

Founder of La Sección Femenina.

Crusade

Name Franco called the civil war to make it sound better.

Blue Division

Volunteers that went to fight in Russia in 1941.

Santiago Carrillo and La Pasionaria

opposed to franco’s regime

Las 13 rosas

Group of girls who were executed in 1939 because they opposed Franco’s Regime.

Arias Navarro

Announced on the TV Franco's death.

Stabilisation Plan

Plan marked the end of autarchy and began economic liberalism.

PCE - Partido Comunista Español

Political party of Santiago Carrillo

20th December 1973

Carrero blanco murdered

Organic Democracy

System Franco established to safeguard his regime internationally.

1978

Death penalty abolishment

The PCE with Santiago Carrillo

Most active anti-Franco group in 1960.

Sevilla

Location of La Ranilla prison.

RENFE

National industry founded in 1941.

Estraperlo

Mercado negro (Black market).

Cartillas de Racionamiento

Created to assure basic consumer goods from 1939 to 1952.

Revolutionary taxes

Taxes that ETA invented.

United Nations

Organization that Spain try to join but wasn’t allowed initially.

The Axis Powers

Although Spain didn’t join WWII, Franco was aligned with…

Organic Democracy

How Franco name his regime to gain foreign acceptance.

Yoke, arrows, and eagle

Symbol of Franco.

Church, landowners, Falange, Military

Who supported Franco.

1939

Franquismo starts

Una España grande, Una España libre

Slogan for Franquist Spain.

Four

Phases of Franco's Regime

Military bases

What did Americans ask to place in Spain because it was a strategic point?

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

Countries that supported Franco at first.

1939 to 1975

Franco’s rule

Military dictatorship

How did Franco rule?

The Labour Charter

Fundamental law created during the Civil War.

Military, church , falange , monarchs , land owners

Franco's main supporters

Groups of republicans

Who formed the ‘maquis’?

Carrero Blanco

Political leader died because of ETA bombs?

5000 casualties

How many casualties of the Blue Division were during the Battle of Leningrad?

Potsdam Conference

Conference made a democratic blockade in Spain?

UCD - Unión de Centro Democrático

Party won the first democratic elections in Spain?

Ley para la Reforma Política

what law did Adolfo Suárez promote?

The Spanish Constitution

What was approved in 1978?

23-F

What was the 1981 coup attempt called?

Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo

Who was president after Suárez resigned?

PSOE - Partido Socialista Obrero Español

Who won the 1982 general elections?

Felipe González

Who became president in 1982?

Estatuto de las Autonomías

Which important statute related to territorial organization was approved in the late 70s?

Los Pactos de la Moncloa

What economic agreements were signed in 1977?

Stabilize the economy and support democratic transition

What was the main goal of the Moncloa Pacts?

Led political reforms toward democracy

What was UCD’s role in the transition?