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Birth date of Mao Zedong
He was born in Shaoshan, China. -
The Qing Dynasty has fallen
-Sun Yixian takes over as President , he hopes to build China through people, Nationalism and Democracy.
-Internal and External Factors affect:
1.The Warlords of Tribal China
2.Foreign Powers
-Eventually the Army took control. -
Jiang Jeshi took control of China
-In 1926 Jiang Jeishi took control of the Nationalist Party (the Guomindang) and smashed the Warlords – his aim was to unite China.
-He needed the Chinese Communist Party to help. -
Civil War
Jiang Jeishi turned his Nationalist troops against the Communists -Their growing support was a threat to his power. -
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The long March
-The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist
Party from the Chinese military.
-Mao took his Communists through China away from attacks to stop them.
-Mao marched almost 6000 miles. -
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World War 2
The Chinese were united in their battle against Japan, the invading foreigners. The civil war was forgotten. -
After World War 2
Communism grew in Eastern Europe and support for the Chinese communists grew, more and more Chinese joined the communist party. -
The Communists defeated the Nationalists.
The Nationalists escaped to Taiwan to set up their own Nationalist government. -
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One hundred flower campaign
-The rise in industrial production led to increased urbanization.
-By 1956, the number of people living in cities had almost doubled from before the communist takeover, and there were shortages of food, housing and consumer goods.
-There was public dissent about these living conditions, though they were rarely given voice. -
One hundred flower campaign
-Mao made an unusual request.
-He called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party.
-Some believe this was a trick. -
The Great Leap Forward
-Mao tried to develop the industry in China. It failed horribly. The famine that followed killed millions.
-Under Mao, over 40 million people lost their lives. -
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The great leap forward
-The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy.
-One that, by 1988, would rival America.
-Forced farmers to work in “communes” instead of for themselves. -
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The cultural revolution
-After the Great Leap Forward, Mao was unpopular.
-The Cultural Revolution was Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government.
-This was a time of very little freedom in China.
-His youthful followers formed the Red Guards.
-Mao ordered the closure of China's schools.
-Much of China’s historical dynasty treasures was burned .
-Many older Chinese were sent to the countryside to be "re-educated” -
Mao's death
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease on at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.
