Spanish Civil War and Franco's Dictatorship

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and figures from the Spanish Civil War and Franco's regime.

Nationalists

The side in the Spanish Civil War composed of the military, factory and business owners, landowners, and the Catholic Church.

Republicans

The side in the Spanish Civil War composed of the poor, workers, anarchists, liberals, and socialists.

José Antonio Primo de Rivera

Founder and leader of the Falangist party in 1936.

José Calvo Sotelo

Leader of the monarchist party during the Second Republic in 1936.

Alfonso XIII

King of Spain in 1931.

Popular Front

The Republican party of 1936.

International Brigades

People from other countries who fought alongside the Spanish on both sides during the Spanish Civil War.

Red Terror

Name given to all the atrocities committed by the Popular Front.

White Terror

Name given to all the atrocities committed by the Nationalists.

"La Niña Bonita"

The nickname given to the First Republic (1931).

General Francisco Franco

The commander of the Spanish army and the youngest general in Spain at 33 years old.

Guernica

A Basque town bombed by German air forces in 1937.

"Caudillo"

Supreme Leader of Spain after the Spanish Civil War; Francisco Franco.

The Valley of the Fallen (El Valle de los Caídos)

A monument Franco wanted built as a way to close the divide between the right and the left. Built in the Sierra de Guadarrama, in which both leftist prisoners and those that fought with Franco resided.

The Pact of Forgetting (El Pacto de Olvido)

Created after Franco’s death with three parts: amnesia, amnesty, and equidistance. A law created to help Spain move forward in the 20th century.

The Amnesty Law

No one could seek legal punishment for a person who fought in the war or for someone who served under Franco during his dictatorship.

Mass graves

Both sides of the war committed human rights abuses, and when many people were killed, they were buried in shared graves. Identified for reburial through DNA testing.

1. They both had dictators

2. Other countries came to assist

3. Hitler was involved in both conflicts

4. The ideologies of Fascism and Communism are prevalent

5. Both regimes turned people against each other

6. Both had forced labor camps and concentration camps

7. Both had mass graves

8. The winning sides got to decide/make laws

Many historians consider the SCW to be a precursor to WWII. How are the two conflicts similar? How can the SCW be considered a precursor to WWII?

A fasist party with the nationalist, they supported traditional communism

What is the Falange party