Chpt.38 Sect.2 Flashcards
China after WWII
Communist
Before 1900s in China
Several unsuccessful revolts for gov control
1911
Revolt led by Sun Yat-den overturned gov
Sun Yat-sen
Overturned gov in 1911
Wanted China to be free democratic republic
Formed Nationalist party
Ousted by Chinese warlords who divided country
Died 1925
Leader of nationalists after Sun’s death
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Leader of nationalist party after sun
Tried to wipe out communists
Tried to unite China
1927/Mao
Chinese communists began movement to gain control of country
Leader Mao Zedong
1937/China
Both sides of Chinese joined to fight away Japanese
1949/communists
Communists gained favour of peasants
Promised land
Forced nationalist to Taiwan
Taiwan
Chiang set up nationalist gov claiming it ruled China
People Republic of China
Set up Mao Zedong
Gov set up on mainland China
Mao’s main goal
Strengthen and modernize country
1953
Series of plans began to improve country
More food better healthcare by
Mid 60s
Changes under Mao
More food
Better healthcare
Literate pop
Woman’s position changed
Woman’s changes under zap
Allowed to choose husbands
Enter any occupation wanted
Receive equal pay
Men’s benefits still
Highest gov positions
Best-paying jobs
1966/Mao
Cultural Revolution
Mao carried out purges
Feared Chinese lost revolutionary spirit
Removals of undesirable members
Purges
Who Mao purged
Undesirables in communist party
Intellectuals
Students and young adults attacking teachers, politicians, etc called
Red Guards
1976/Mao
Mao died
Deng Xiaoping
Leader after Mao
Cared about economic growth
How Deng promoted economic growth
Encouraged foreign investors
Let factory managers choose good produced and prices
Political conditions with Deng
Many unhappy
Wanted control like they had in economics
April 1989
Demonstration Tiananmen Square in Beijing
Seven weeks
One million mostly students protested
Goal of protest
Democracy
Casualties from Red Army soldiers
500-1000 civilians killed
Ppl imprisoned and executed
Communist leaders were scared
Problem with China
Ignore human right
Communist groups after Stalin
Hard-liners
Reformers
Ppl who’s stick to rules regardless of circumstances
Hard-liners
Most production privately owned rathe than gov owned
Capitalism
Reformers interest
Economic growth
1953
Communist struggle for power
1955/Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet leader
Reformer
Attack on policies established by Stalin
De-Stalinization
Program of destal
Camps shut down
Secret police less violent
Apart,ents built
Consumer goods more available
1964/Leonid Brezhnev
New Soviet ruler
Life more strict
1985/Mikhail
Gorbachev came to power
Glasnost and perestroika adopted
Tried to improve economy growth
Openness
Glasnost
What exact,y happened under glasnost
Ppl could say write whatever wanted
Free elections
Restructuring
Perestroika
What exactly happened with perestroika
Soviet gov structure changed
Economy moved to capitalism
Why tensions in society increased with growth in Soviet
Some thought Gorbachev too slow while towers opposite
Many ethnic groups demanding independence
