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Mao Ze Dong was born
Mao was born into a peasent family in the farm town of Shaoshan, Hunan, China. His father Mao Zedong, a successful grain dealer, and his mother Wen Qimei were better of then other familys with a three acre farm and was able to send Mao to school at 8. He then quiet school at 13 and begain working at his familys farm. (http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142) -
became one of the inaugural members of the Chinese Communist Party
When Mao Ze Dong graduated from Hunan First Normal School he became a certified teacher. He then went to Bejing looking for a job but was unsuccessful. He eventually was able to find a job as a library assistant at Bejing University, where he heard about the Russian Revolution. When he found out that the Soviet Union was communist he joined the Chinese Communist Party. (http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142) -
Established Soviet Republic of China
When chinese president Sun Yat-sen died, Chiang Kai-shek became the chairman of the Kuomintang. He then broke alliance and began killing or jailing many of the Communists. Mao Ze Dong lead a army of peasants against the Kuomintang but lost. The remaning members escaped to the Jiangxi Province where Mao established the republic and became chairman.(http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142) -
The Long March
When Chaing surrounded the Communists in October 1934, Mao convinced other Communist leaders to retreat. For the next year, 100,000 Communists traveled 8,000 miles west and north to Yanan (only 30,000 survived the journey) . Here, Mao successfully convinced young people to join his army and became a top Communist leader. (http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142) -
WWII starts
Germany's Hitler invaded Poland in 1939 begining WWII. He then invaded Denmark, Norway, Belguim, the Netherlands, and France which all were conquered relativly quickly. Hiter began the mass extermination of Jewish people, killing over 5 million Jews. In June 1944 Brittish and American forces began D-Day landing in France and closing in on Germany by 1945. In May of 1945 Germany surrendered.
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First computer/ automatic brain invented
Professor John Atanasoff and student Clifford Berry invented the first computer (ABC) from 1939 - 1942 at Iowa State University. The computer was able to store data in binary form and electronic logic circuits which were able to preform addition and subtraction.
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Help Defeat Japanese
When the Japanese invaded China in 1945 they took control of many chinese cities, Chiang asked the Communists to help and established a truce. Mao helped Chiang in the defaet of the Japanese. While Mao was trying to contol all of China, Chiang and his followers fled to Taiwan to set up the Republic of China. Mao set uo The Peoples Republic of China in China.(http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142) -
Cold War
Tension between the United States and the Soviet Union arose after the end of WWII. The two superpowers compeated with eachother over educational, military, and technological things. The United States disliked the Communism in the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union disliked how the U.S didnt recongnize their country as a part of the internatonal community and their late entry into WWII. The cold war ended with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991
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Hundred Flowers Campaign
This is a name for a period of time in China when Mao told its citizens to openly express their opinions about the Communist Party of China. When mao received bad critisim he turned the campaign into a 'Anti-Rightist' purge. 300,000-550,000 thousand people were then labeled 'Rightests' (people who spoke badly of the chinese government) and were ethier discredited, lost their jobs, or sent to labor camps. Mao claimed it was a plan to catch these people in the act.
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Sputnik I launched
The Soviet Union was the first nation on Earth to launch a artificial satellite, and they named it Sputnik I. Sputnik was a huge devlepment in technology. This also had a large impact on the Cold War, scaring the Americans because they thought that this meant the Soviets could launch a deadly missle that could reach the U.S. It also jump started the American project for space exploration and led to the creation of NASA.
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Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao's plan to help modernize Chinas economy. He planned to develop agriculture and industry. Mao Ze Dong set up communes to produce what was needed. The communes produced even more then what was needed but members, fell asleep on the job and most of the products quality was terrible. This lead to extreme famine and the plan proved to be a failure. He resigned from head of state. (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_forward.htm) -
U-2 incident
The U-2 incident occured during the Cold War when the U.S took out a secret mission to take pictures of Soviet territory by flying over the Soviet Union in a spy plane. The plane and CIA pilot, Francis Gray Powers, was shot down by a Soviet air missle on the morning of May 1st, 1960.
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Cultural Revolution
During the Cultural Revolution Mao wanted to get rid of the 'undesirables' . He formed his followers into the Red Guards and shut down China's schools so that he wouldnt get any rejection. The young intellectuals who lived in the city were sent to labor camps. Throughout the revoultion, China's cultural heritage was lost and choas in economics and social insued.
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First Moon landing
Americans Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the moon. Planners at NASA studied the moon for two years to find the best place for the landing. This place needed few high cliffs and a flat surface. Apollo 11 took off from Kennedy Space Station on July 16, 1969 and televised it to all Americans. The lunar module the "Eagle" hit the Sea of Tranquility on July 20th, 1969.
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Met with U.S president Richard Nixson
When Mao met with U.S. president in Novemeber 1972 it easied tensions between the two countries and raised China's status as a world player.
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Mao Zedong Dies
On September 9th, 1976 Mao Ze Dong died due to Parkinson's disease in Bejing, China. (http://www.biography.com/people/mao-tse-tung-9398142)
