china middle topics

Question 1

How did the leader´s way of thinking (China and USSR) lead to the sino soviet split

Answer 1

Mao : never trusted the USSR , while they needed their help for loans and experts , was scared of China becoming too dependent on another country (like the quing dynasty)

Khrushchev : made the relationship worse when he replaced Stalin and began to critisise Mao and the CCP

Question 2

what was the northern expedition

Answer 2

the united front defeating the warlords (established GMD gov in Nanjing)

Question 3

why was the united front succesfull

Answer 3

• GOOD TACTICS , surrounded each warlord army one by one and cut off supply lines
  -RUSSIAN HELP , the NRA became an effective fighting force because of the soviet military advisor
  -TREATMENT OF PAESANTS , people welcomed the NRA , thought they would treat them better than the warlords
  -WEAKNESS OF THE WARLORDS , little resistance from the warlords
  BRIBERY OF WARLORDS chiang made deals w them

Question 4

key features of the great leap forward

Answer 4

• involvement and enthusiasm of the whole population
  -collectivisation of agriculture (change from APC´s to communes)
• Backyard furnaces (everyone was encouraged to produce steel , 600,000 furnaces set up in backyards)
• complete control of business ( gov told industries exactly what to produce)
  -massive projects

Question 5

aims of the second five year plan

Answer 5

to overtake Britain as an industrial power in the next 15 years

Question 6

why did mao believe the great leap forward was possible

Answer 6

• anything could be achieved if there was a will to suceed
• communism superior to capitalism
• enough food being produced to feed the expanding urban workforce

Question 7

positive effects of the first five year plan

Answer 7

-coal x2
-electricity x3
-steel x4