Chapter 11

Question 1

Valley of the Fallen

Answer 1

Built by Franco to be buried in bc he can’t be buried in El Escorial
Craved from a granite mountain in the Sierra de Guadarrama
Opened in 1959

Question 2

The Law of Succession

Answer 2

(1947), Goal was to restore monarchy in Spain

Law appointed Franco as head of state for life and granted him power to appoint his successor

Question 3

Carrero Blanco

Answer 3

right-hand man of Franco.
Spanish Prime Minister from june to dec. 1973
Killed by ETA in 1973

Question 4

Concierto de Aranjuez

Answer 4

Musical play by Joaquin Rodrigo

All about incest??

Question 5

Stabilization Plan (1959)

Answer 5

series of economic measures taken by the Spanish Government in 1959
Relaxation of tariffs

Question 6

Opus Dei, “Gods Work”

Answer 6

Founded by an Aragonese priest in1929
A group of ministers and extra catholic peeps who wanted to influence Catholic spice on all realms of society
Specifically with the top educational scholars
Essentially wanted the schools and books and medience to be catholic bases

Question 7

“Years of hunger”

Answer 7

First decade after spanish civ war

Spain was super poor, had extreme shortages in gas and natural ish,

Question 8

ETA

Answer 8

Basque terrorist group

Founded in 1959

Question 9

Juan Carlos (el Breve)

Answer 9

Became next in throne for monarchy skipping his father Don Juan
Announced in 1969
Father of current king Felipe

Question 10

“the struggle between good and evil never ends no matter how great the victory. anti-spain was routed, but it is not dead”

Answer 10

Franco said it when he was asked to describe the spanish civil war

Question 11

Explain Franco’s strategy of ruling Spain.

Answer 11

Scare tactic 
Over 250 executions daily of rebels
Use of German power		
Denied that a civil war even happened 
Law of Political Responsibilities 	
Everyone connected with popular front parties or gov were guilty 
Over a quarter of a million arrest in first three months 
More catholic

Question 12

Describe Spain’s involvement in World War II.

Answer 12

At first Franco was not interested in getting involved because he did not believe the Germans and Russians had his best interest and just wanted Spain’s control over the mediterranean
October 1940 - Franco had meeting with Hitler
Franco agreed to be an ally but refused sovereignty over med. Territories
Hitler said he rather pull his teeth out then see franco again
Franco refused access to gibraltar for hitler for Operation Felix (wanted to take over north africa)
Franco sent 20k troops to fight against hitler in the takeover of russia

Question 13

What two main developments led to the improvement of Spain’s economy during the Franco era?

Answer 13

1953 Pres. Eisenhower gave Spain 1.8 billion in aid in return USA got to place four American military bases.
1955 Spain in United Nations
Shipbuilding

Question 14

What were some positive effects of Franco’s rule?

Answer 14

Growth in economy 
Import and exports 
Boom in tourism
Created alliances with foreign nations 
Gained entrance in the UN
1956 France gave up control of Morocco allowing Spain to snatch Ceuta and Melilla

Question 15

How did tourism change Spanish society? Which regions felt the strongest social effects of this change?

Answer 15

The number of tourist jumped from 4 mil in 1960 to 14 million in 1965. Then 40 mil 1975
Catalunya benefited because it was the hott spot for tourism
Madrid benefited from tourism
Places like extremadura and aragon started losing population because they were known for farming and that became pretty much non existent in the 1960’s