Chinese Civil War Dates Flashcards
When was the May Fourth Movement
May 4, 1919
When was the First United Front?
1922
What was the First United Front?
- GMD and CCP unified to become free of warlords and foreign imperialist powers
- did not share same ideology
- funded by Soviets
When was the Northern Expedition?
1926-1928
What was the Northern Expedition?
- the GMD and CCP movement to crus warlords in central and northern China
- their success led GMD to declare that they were the government
When was the White Terror?
1927
What was the White Terror?
- Jiang, the leader of the GMD, led a movement to crush communists because he needed a unified China
- killed 5000 communists in workers army
- 250,000 communists killed—> CCP fled to Jiangsi
Where did the Communists flee to during the white terror?
Jiangsi
When was the fall of the Manchu dynasty?
October 1911
What did the fall of the Manchu dynasty lead to?
the nationalist government establishes a Chinese republic
Give a fact about the ratio of population to farming between 1850-1900
While the Chinese population grew 8%, land cultivated only increased by 1%
- made famines more frequent
Give one example of China’s political weakness during the Manchu rule.
- Chinese empire carved into spheres of influence by Britain, America, Japan
- had control over trade, territory, sovereignty
- —-> government humiliated, as they were being exploited
How many million people were agricultural workers?
205 million
When was the long march?
October 1934
Where did the Long March start and end?
Communists fled from Jiangxi when Nationalists invaded and traveled to Shaanxi
