Effects Of Mao And The CCW

Question 1

Problems in 1949

Answer 1

• CCP had to prove to be capable
• industrial product down 25%, food down 25%
• Illiteracy

Question 2

What kind of government forms

Answer 2

Democratic dictatorship
- 1954 single party state, with a politburo, with a standing committee

Question 3

Military Changes

Answer 3

• 5m in PLA
• control new 6 regions
• Mao heads military affairs

Question 4

Land Redistribution

Answer 4

• 1950-52 47m hectares redistributed to 300m peasants
• 2-4m died in speak bitterness
  “ peasants who killed with their bare hands … were welded to the new revolutionary order” Short

Question 5

Land reform

Answer 5

• implemented mutual aid teams
• farmers forced to sell 15-20% of crops
• GL leads ro 58-61 famine killing over 50m

Question 6

Women

Answer 6

• Marriage law in 1950, stopped arranged marriages and the killing of baby girls, gave the right to divorce
• Divorce petition from women grew to 1.3m