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From 1950s, Spain became accepted. During this period, many agreements were signed with different countries, including USA.

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In 1955, Spain was recognized as a member of the United Nations.

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From 1960, the Spanish economy began to improve because of the end of the isolation and because Europe recovered.

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Spain began to recover economically, industrial production increased, agriculture was modernized with new machinery and new infrastructure.

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was a lot.

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Tourism became one of the main economic activities.

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Little by little, Spain was opening up to the world,

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knowing what was outside.

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This caused the monetization of Spain.

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The standard of living in Spain improved.

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However, there was still no democracy.

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The dictatorship still controlled the population,

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population and people who opposed the regimen were arrested. Between 1970 and

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1975 opposition to the Franco regime scaled. Tourism and Spanish immigration

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helped people to realize that Francoism didn't help Spain to improve.

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Francoism lost power and influence. A resistance against Franco was growing.

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university students workers labor unions were still banned but they started to

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organize in secret and students at the university participate in demonstrations

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that demanded a democratic form of government Franco named Juan Carlos

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Jesusers in 1969 he brought him to Spain to educate him by following his

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ballot. On 20th November 1975, General Franco died and the dictatorship ended.

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It was the beginning of a new era in which democracy was established.