Spains Transition to Democracy

IMPORTANT DATES

100

What year did the Franco dictatorship end?

1975, it ended as a result of Franco's death on November 20th

200

What year was the first free election of Spain after the Franco dictatorship?

June 15th, 1977

300

What year does Spain join NATO?

1982

400

What year does Spain join the European Union?

1986

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

100

Who was the former dictator of Spain?

Francisco Franco

200

Who succeeded the government as head of state after the fall of Franco's dictatorship?

A) King Juan Carlos

B) Tierno Galvan

C) Alfonso Armada

D) Francisco Franco

A) King Juan Carlos

300

What important document did Adolfo Suarez draft?

A) The Declaration of Independence

B) The Constitution

C) The Paris Peace Treaty

D) Franco's eulogy

B)  The constitution

Drafted in 1978

400

Who wins the election of 1977 and becomes first prime minister of Spain?

A) King Juan Carlos

B) Felipe Gonzalez of the PSOE party

C) Adolfo Suarez of the UCD party

D) Manuel Fraga of the AP party

C) Adolfo Suarez of the UCD party

SPANISH SENTIMENT

100

What does convivencia literally translate to?

"living together with others"

This was one of the themes that was being spread throughout all of Spain after the dictatorship to spread an idea of unity and togetherness. 

200

Does politics in Spain swing towards the right or the left in the 1980s?

To the right. 

The socialist party was elected in 1982 which led to liberal legislation such as free education and expansion of welfare to be drafted.

300

Which party did not believe in "convivencia"?

A) communist party

B) PSOE

C) UCD

D) all of the above

D) all of the above

although each party had different ideas on how to achieve this goal most of Spain believed everyone needed to put differences aside and come together after Franco's reign.

400

What is the name of the extremist group from the Basque country that had a rise of extreme violence and terrorism during Spain's transition to democracy?

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)

1980 was the deadliest year with 118 people dying from ETA attacks which shows the violence and instability in Spain at this time.

VOTING

100

Is congress in Spain represented with proportional representation (the number of representatives of each province is based on population) or fixed (each province has same number of representatives?

proportional representation

200

Who voted for the seats in Congress during the election of 1977?

A) the military

B) public officials

C) the public votes for all representatives

D) the public votes for some and the king elects the others

D) the public and the king

the king got to appoint up to 41 seats in the election of 1977

300

What was the voter turnout in the election of 1977?

A) 45.4%

B) 78.8%

C) 84.3%

D) 67.9%

B) 78.8%

This was the second highest voter turnout in all of Spain's elections. 

400

What are the names of Spain's two chamber system of parliament?

congress and the senate