Francisco Franco

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Francisco Franco

• By Brianna Gouw
• Gabrielle Wiltse

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Spain Before Franco

• The Second Spanish Republic had been voted in
  with a majority in 1931
• Foreign exchange and deportation of goods ruined
  by depression and civil war
• Nations support was split between aristocracy
  and republic
• Governmental position switched from right wing
  (1933) to left (1936)
• Depression left the economy in pieces, forcing
  citizens to suffer with a poor quality of life

President Niceto Alcala Zamora
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Spain Before Franco Continued

• Spain was not given the option of having a
  dictator
• Spain questioned if President Alcala Zamora was
  becoming too radical and so the government
  shifted left
• Franco rejected principles of liberalism such as
  individualism, rights and freedoms, and
  competition

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Bringing Franco Into Power

• Franco was upset with the idea of a coalition
  government
• Used the death of parliamentary leader José Calvo
  Sotel as a pretext for a civil war
• Rebellion was planned ahead of Calvos death
• With the aid of Italy and Nazi Germany Francos
  fascist military won

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Under Francos Rule

• Civil war lasted from 1936 1939. 600, 000
  Spaniards killed 1 000 000 sent to
  concentration camps.
• Only legal party under Franco's post civil war
  regime was the Falange Española Tradicionalista y
  de las JONS, formed in 1937
• Ruled 1937-1975
• Government was an authoritarian dictatorship
  beginning in 1939

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Francos Rule Continued

• Francos fascist military received help from
  Italy and Nazi Germany during civil war
• Franco allowed Italy and Germany to bomb Spanish
  Basque country side as a threat towards Britain
  and France
• In return Hitler expected aid from Spain in WWII
• Franco rapidly industrialized Spain with the
  steel industry

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Francos Rule Continued

• He outlawed anything that did not agree with
  catholic beliefs
• Franco even went as far as outlawing any other
  language than Spanish and took away all rights
  given to the autonomous regions of Spain.
• At this time the church and state of Spain were
  one body and it was the responsibility of both to
  enforce the change towards unity.
• Isolation was a concept that was key in Francos
  Spain.

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The End of Franco

• Francos rule came to an end on November 20th,
  1975 when he died due to heart failure
• Rule lasted nearly four decades
• Francisco's successor Juan Carlos came into power
  and converted the government into a democratic
  constitutional monarchy

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The End of Franco Continued

• Juan Carlos became king of Spain and named Arias
  Navarro as Prime Minister
• Anti-Francoists were extremely upset in the
  initial months of the monarchy, and
  demonstrations, industrial strikes, and terrorist
  activity challenged the country's stability.
• Arias Navarros government cautiously brought in
  reforms, which were quickly rejected by Orthodox
  Francoists, who resisted any form of change.

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Current Spain

• Spain currently has the highest EU unemployment
  rate (20) and is roughly 90 billion in debt
• Sovereignty issues with land off the coast of
  Morocco
• Drug trafficking of heroine, cocaine and hashish

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Francos Evaluation

• Franco had good intentions through unity, but
  went too far by trying to cut out cultural
  diversity within Spain

• Franco took power through force, and created the
  Civil War which resulted in the loss of many
  civilian lives

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Spains Condition

• Spain is in a much better state nationally now
  than when Franco was in power
• Now Spains citizens have freedom of self
  expression, private property, and are able to
  compete within the economy
• Under Francos rule people lived with oppression
  and fear of being an individual outside of the
  collective church

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