CCP Rise To Power (2a.1)

Question 1

Timeline of Chinese Dynasties

Answer 1

1766 BCE - 1911

Question 2

End of Qing Dynasty KP

Answer 2

-1644-1911
- Overthrown
- The republic that replaced them disintegrated almost immediately

Question 3

Chiang Kai-Shek and the Warlords KP

Answer 3

• 10 years of unrest
• Guomindang (GMD) defeated Warlords
• Warlords fighting to establish control of regions
• Brought China under greater control
• Collabed with CCP for a few years (didn’t last long)

Question 4

The Nanking Decade KP

Answer 4

-1927-37 Chiang establishes relative political stability
- Tried to destroy CCP by driving them into interior of china
- They regrouped to set up Jiangxi Soviet 1928
- Chiang denied resources to Jiangxi
- 1934 bid to escape successful, 100,000 communists embarked on retreat (long march)
- Only 20,000 survived

Question 5

Manchuria KP

Answer 5

• GMD powerless to prevent Japanese 1931
• By 1937 Japanese extended control, Sino-Japanese war began
• GMD and CCP formed new united front
• 1941 unable to prevent Japanese pushing south occupying the eastern coastal zone

Question 6

Bombing of Pearl Harbour KP

Answer 6

• Failure of Japanese to destroy US navy in attack on Pearl Harbour Dec 1941
• US helped China fight back
• Chiang hoped US army would help destroy communists
• Japanese surrender when Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed by US
• China free but still had communists (who had support of peasantry)

Question 7

Civil War KP

Answer 7

• USA attempted to get 2 sides to form a coalition government, led to civil war 1946
• Chiang had overwhelming resources superiority, but rushed into full scale attack in Manchuria
• CCP could move south and take over nationalist-held areas
• Dec 1949 Chiang left mainland, fled to join remnants of forces on Taiwan (took much of China’s money)
• Still claimed to be legitimate leader of China but CCP were left in de facto control

Question 8

Qing Dynasty Timeline

Answer 8

1644 - 1911

Question 9

What is the Nationalist Party Called?

Answer 9

Guomindang (GMD)

Question 10

What is the Communist Party Called?

Answer 10

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Question 11

When Was the Nanking Decade?

Answer 11

1927 - 1937

Question 12

When was the Jiangxi Soviet Set Up?

Answer 12

1928

Question 13

When were Japanese Ready to Extend their Control?

Answer 13

1937

Question 14

When was the Bombing on Pearl Harbour?

Answer 14

December 1941

Question 15

When did the Civil War begin?

Answer 15

1946

Question 16

When was the Long March?

Answer 16

1934 - 35