History A-Level
Opposition and repression
What Opposition and repression means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Opposition and repression
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Opposition increased through student protests, workers' commissions and ETA's violence, while from 1970 to 1975 the government reacted with the Burgos trial, states of exception and executions.
Topics that use Opposition and repression
- Dictatorship remodelled and the transition to democracy, 1956–78 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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