Before Mao Flashcards
1
Q
Regionalism
A
Warlords controlling small sections of China
- Own laws, own currencies, constant wars
- Peasants suffered from this and at the mercy of powerful warlords
- Central govt. weak, a state of anarchy
2
Q
May Fourth Movement (1919)
A
Huge students demonstration against warlords and foreign influence.
- Angered at Treaty of Versailles (Shandong province to Japan)
- Imperialism was the root of all problems
- Revolutionary in nature and inspired by GMD
3
Q
First United Front (1922)
A
Alliance between GMD and CCP to get rid of the warlords
- To form a unified China
- To be freed from foreign influence and imperialism
4
Q
The Northern Expedition (1926)
A
A joint expedition to fight and defeat the warlords
- Great success
5
Q
White Terror & Purification Movement
A
Large attacks on communists + Massacre of peasant leaders
- United Front broken = was a friendship of convenience
- Ideology different: Peasants vs Middle-class
CCP nearly crushed by end 1927, they fleed into Jiangsi Mountains, and civil war ensued.
