Franco’s Regime: Social Support and Repression in Spain
1.3. Social Supports
The various social attitudes towards Franco have been defined from three types: support, passivity, and rejection. Since its inception, the dictatorship had the support of economic and social elites (landowners, entrepreneurs, financiers, traders, liberal professions, etc.), who recovered the economic, social, and political power lost during the Second Republic. It also had the membership of the small landowners of the North of Spain, who had supported the uprising.
In 1939, the
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Some historians call the French and Indian War “the war that made America” because it set up the conditions that ultimately led to the American Revolution. Why did it, ironically, lead to a crisis in the British Empire?
Although many may assume that the “war that made America” would definitely be the Revolutionary War, some historians may argue otherwise. For many reasons, the French and Indian War actually played a significant role in the fate of America. Although the French and Indian War
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The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
The Military Coup: In the spring of 1923, sections of the army showed their intention to topple the Liberal government. Primo de Rivera aligned with these groups and became the chief of the revolt. The parliamentary debate on the responsibilities of the Annual Disaster was never completed. On September 12-13, Primo de Rivera declared a state of war and issued a manifesto, promising to end terrorism, civil unrest, separatist agitation, and political use of the army
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Treaty of Versailles: Germany Pays for the War
Fascism is an ideology and a political movement that arose in Europe between the wars (1918-1939).
The political project of fascism is corporatism, to establish a totalitarian state and a dirigiste economy. Its intellectual basis raises a submission to will and action, a strongly nationalist victim of identity with components that leads to violence against those defined as enemies by an effective propaganda machine, an interclass social component, and
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Guilds (Gremio)
Guilds were groups of artisans in the same profession who controlled the volume of production, the techniques employed, and selling prices.
Manufactures
Manufactures emerged in the 18th century, during the Old Regime. The process was completely manual. Its novelty was concentrating a high number of workers, hired under one roof.
Absolute Power
The king held all powers, and his authority was believed to come from God. This occurred in the 18th century, during the Old Regime, and power
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World War II (1939-1945)
The Background to the Conflict
Historians who have analyzed the global conflict that started in 1939 agree on the liability of the aggressive policies developed by the Axis powers. As we have seen, the basic traits of fascism are violence, anti-democracy, and expansion at the expense of people considered inferior, which presaged a violent end collision.
Democratic nations tried to use the League of Nations to curb fascist expansionism, but in the Munich Conference of 1938,
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