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Birth of Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was born into farmer family at Shaoshan, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province. Mao's father was a peasant who eventually became prosperous in the grain trade. -
Mao attends primary school
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Mao attends primary school!
Mao attends the local primary school. He stops at age 13 because he is needed on the family farm. -
Mao gets married.
Mao is married at a young age. -
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Teenage Mao is married
Mao was married off at age 14 to a girl but she dies at age 21. -
Mao fights during the 1911 revolution
Mao fights on the revolution side, in Changsha opposing the Qing Dynasty. -
Communist Party of China
Mao is one of the founders of the CPC
-Follows the ideas of Lenin and the Russian Revolution -
-Feels that communism will be good for the peasants of China
-No one took him seriously -
The Long March
-87,000 soliders retreat to Hunan from Jiangxi-
In 1935 Mao gains control of the Red Army's retreat- 368 days-
Over 9,000 kilometers marched
-Less than 10,000 men survived -
The Second Sino-Japanese War
When Japanese forces invaded China, communist and nationalist forces came together and fought them off. -
Ther formation of the Republic of China
-Announced on October 1st, 1949-
led by CCP-
Mao is Chairman
-4.9 million members- -
Hundred Flowers Campaign Movement
-6 weeks period-
Mao encouraged criticism of CCP to help 5 year plan success-
Mao felt threatened by the criticism-
Intellectuals were placed under more strict control as a result of the movement -
The Great Leap Forward
-Modernize agriculture and industry-
700 million people placed in communes, 5,000 families in each one
-Citizens had to give up their tools and animals, worked for the commune not for themselves-
Propaganda was played over speakers and was plastered everywhere
Aproximately 20 million people died
-15 million due to starvation
-About 9 million died in 1960 -
Mao's Little Red Book
important source of knowledge-
About 427 quotes of Mao's-
In every home, school, hotel, factory and university-
5 billion copies printed during The Cultural Revolution-
50 different languages-
500 different editions -
Red Guards
-Students and young people-
Used in support of Mao
-Attacked "the Four Olds"Ideas, cultures, manners, customs -Anyone with Western or traditional things-
Destroye books, clothing, art, music, temples
-Street signs had name changes to revolutionary names -
The Cultural Revolution
Mao feared the Russian revolution was going bad so he feared for China-
He wanted new leaderrs, to fix the CCP and to change education and health policies -
Wanted to purge the economy and revive relvolutionary spirits-Industy was down- -
Death of Mao Zedong
-Successor Liu abolishes the Great Leap Forward
-Honored for creating one of the greatest republics in history
-Responsible for one of the worst genocides in the 20th century
