Weekly Review 10 - Late Franco Flashcards
When was the Treaty of Madrid?
1953
What was the Treaty of Madrid?
American loans, which the Spanish govt said could only be spent within Spain
What was inflation like 1956-9?
20%
What was unemployment in 1959?
35%
When was Morocco granted independence?
1956
When was Franco’s cabinet reshuffle that allowed him to limit Falange involvement?
February 1957
Who did Franco promote in his cabinet reshuffle?
Technocrats and members of Opus Dei
What was Opus Dei?
secretive Catholic organisation
What did technocrats believe?
used their expertise
embraced the free market
open minded to foreign investment and international trade
When was the Stabilisation Plan introduced?
Summer 1959
What was the Stabilisation Plan?
open up the Spanish economy to global influence
Prices of what were particularly affected by the ‘economic miracle’?
tobacco, petrol and food
What was the growth in foreign investment like 1959-73?
3,895 million to 105,430 million pesetas per year
Where was foreign investment primarily coming from?
40% USA
17% Switzerland
10% Germany and Britain
When did President Eisenhower visit Spain?
1959
What was Franco’s new economic policy?
Desarrollismo (developmentism)
How much foreign capital was invested 1960-74?
$7.6 billion
How much was loaned to the government 1960-74?
$1 billion
In 1970 how much of the investment in electronics was foreign?
42%
In 1970 how much of the investment in car manufacturing was foreign?
50%
In 1970 how much of the investment in the chemical industry was foreign?
37%
What happened to the average income in the 1960s?
tripled
What was the rise in average calories consumed per day?
1960 - 2200
1975 - 3000
When were visas abolished?
1959
What was the growth in tourists like?
1959 - 4 million
1965 - 14 million
1975 - 30 million
What was the estimated worth of the tourist industry?
$3.5 billion per year
What happened to the number of women in the workforce?
doubled between 1950-74
How many Spaniards were working in France and Germany by 1973?
750,000
Why did economic growth slow in 1973?
Yom Kippur war affected oil supplies
How much of the investment towards roads went to the Costa Brava/Blanca area compared to the population in 1965?
over 1/2 of investment
only 1/3 of the population
In 1975, which sectors were people employed in?
40% tourism
38% industry
22% agriculture
How did the average numbers of hours worked per week change?
late 1960s - 49
1975 - 44
How did the life expectancy change?
1950 - 60
1975 - 73
How did infant mortality change?
1960 - 43 per 1000 births
1970 - 28 per 1000 births
How did the proportion of people covered by social welfare change?
1950 - 29%
1975 - 80%
How did the number of doctors change?
1950 - 1 per 650 spanish citizens
1975 - 1 per 106
In 1971 what proportion of the population smoked?
3/4 men
1/2 women
What happened to illiteracy rates?
halved
What happened to the number of universities?
doubled
What was the increase in university student numbers?
500%
What was the cinema attendance like?
second highest in the world
In 1971 what proportion of teenagers owned a radio?
82%
When did Spain win the Eurovision Song Contest?
1968
How many people were in a shanty town in Montjuic?
70,000
What was the income level in Andalusia like?
40% of the European average
How much of road investment did the rural areas recieve?
12%
How much of the population lived in tourist areas?
30%
How much of the country’s wealth did the richest 1% own?
22%
How many luxury flats were empty in Madrid?
50,000
When was state TV established?
1956, called TVE
