1950-1960 Flashcards
when the Chinese communist party first met in china how many people turned up
12
three years after their first meeting how many members does the chinese communist party have
10,000 members
when did the chinese civil war start and who lead the communists
1927 mao-zedong but the government had much more land than the communisrs
who replaces the Nationalist leader of china in 1925
chiang kai-shek and he hates commmunists killing 5,000 of them
how do the communists win major battles?
they hide in the countryside and launch surpirse attacks
the goverment attck the communist so they are close to starving what does mao do ?
try to escape the goverment’s forces by marching north this is called the long march. they walk over 6,00 miles 93,000 men die but they reach the north to safety
when does japan invade china and what affect does it have on the chinese civil war?
1937
it means the goverment is busy fighting japan and not the communists
what happes in the chinese civil war during ww11
the communists take back land then once the war ends the soviets start to help the chinese communsists and they win the war in 1949 and china is deaclared the communists people’s rebublic of china
the nationalsist and communists were friends during the war beacuse they shared a common enemy
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who was mao tse-tung
was son of a waelthy farmer and was inspired by marx and founded the chinese communist party
who was the leader leader of the chinsease nationalists and what happened to the nationalist after the formation of the PRC
chiang kai-sheck and they retaredted to tiwan wich was formerly part of chin a
how recognised the new governmemt of china
mainly only the ussr so moa looked to the ussr for help and protection toher couuntires only recognised the exiled goverment
what was the tearty of firendship
it was very one sided and mainly only helped the ussr it said 300 million dollars of aid would be given to china but 95% of it would need to be repaied at hgih interest and most of the money would need to be spent on soviet services 8000 chinese students were allowed to travel to the ussr to stufdy and soviet experts at cost the the chinease were avible to help chinese devlopment but the adivce was often questionable and only benifted the ussr and china had to give two of its major ports and the right to kine to the ussr in china
how were mao and stalin’s interpreations of communism different?
most of mao supporters were farmers so his version of communism focused on farming and thier importance and modernising through agriculture wereas the russian revoltion was lead by industry so stalin’s version focused on urban workers
how did the west view the commmunist take over china?
they viewed it as a faliure of the turman doctrine and refuse to recognise the new government and mao’s gpvermnet was not asked to represent china at the un and they also helped to build up the econimoies of japan tiwan to prevent the threat of commu ist take over and it exteneds the cold war into aisa so the policy of contaiment was extened and the domino effect was disscussed
when did the korean war take place?
1950-1953
what changed in aisa that changed the attitudes of the soviets and the west towards the likelihood of korea turing communist
china turing communists- the domino effect
before 1950 it was recognised that korea was not in the soviet shpere of influence
what were some effects of the chinese civil war?
the us offered aid to jaoan and formed the un and the us moved form a policy of contaiment to trying to roll back communism
what is a proxy war?
a war where two enemies do not fight one another directly but instead support oppoisng sides that meet their own interest
outline the events of the korean war?
1.japan surrenders to the usssr in the north and the usa in the south after ww2
2.Korea was divied temporarily at the 38th parrellel
3. in 1948 2 spearates countries are established
4.the norht invades the south in 19950
5. the south appeals to the UN for help (the ussr was boycotting they usually would have use their votio but did not like that the UN had not recgonised the new chinease government)
6.in july UN approves sending a UN army to help Sputh Korea
7.in november chinease forces join the war (after UN forced had pushed back Korean ones close to their boarder-they did not want a capitalist neighbour) and take soul in january
8.McAruthur is sacked after suggesting the use of the atomic bomb
9. peace talks beging in 1951
what was some signficance of the Korean war?
each side became increasingly polarised in thier views
proved the UN could act if necessary proved stronger than the leauge of nations
made the USSR tkae it’s seat in the UN and not miss an important vote
exercised the policy of containment
1st time divisions broke out in deadly conflict
each side could test deadly weapons
the un failed to unite korea but peace was enventualy found
china was shown as a power for the first time shifitng the power in the cold wra towards the Soviets
one in 10 Koreans died
what part did the ussr play in the korean war?
didin’t get directly invoulved in the fighting but supplied north with planes and tanks
when does satlin die
march 1953 form a blood clot in the brain after being letf on the floor out of fear of punishment leading to hopes of better realtioln from the west
who replaced stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
