estalishing communist rule (1949-57) Flashcards
when did the revolution first take place in the Qing dynasty?
1911
when was the communist party, led by Mao Tse-Dung, first formed?
1921
“In fighting, we practically flattened the villages using thousands of shells and countless bombs”
- pilot for the nationalists in the civil war
despite the nationalist : numerical superiority, the communists were more popular, especially among poor peasants
4:1
in 1949, __% of the population still loved in rural areas and survived by farming the land
80%
after the civil war, as law and order broke down, an estimated ______ bandits roamed the country
1 million
in 1940, ___ Chinese yuan was enough to buy a pig
by 1945, it was only enough to buy a fish
by 1946, it could only pay for an egg
100 yuan
In 1949, factory output was __% below its level of 1937
44%
only _% of the population worked in industry, many of whom were illiterate and unable to read propaganda
even by 1953, only __% of the Party membership were industrial workers
5%
10%
“the struggle of the peasants, the peasant uprisings and the peasant wars.”
- Mao claimed this was the real force for change in China
in the 1950s, the wealth produced per person in China was only / that of England in the 1600s
1/2
Within China, there were over __ ethnic and religious groups, each with their own customs and traditions.
This would contribute to a lack of central control following the civil war.
50
The nationalists sent saboteurs to attack the new regime following their defeat in the civil war:
one raid in February ____ killed over ____ people and damaged electricity and water supply
February 1950
1000 people
The CPPPC met in Beijing in September ____. This body of ___ delegates created the Common Program for China to act as a constitution to provide the legal basis for the new republic from 1949-51.
September 1949
662
the Party had a Cantral Committee of __ members in 1949, which was dominated by the __-man Politburo, which was ultimately controlled by a Standing Committee, who Mao was the chairman of.
49 members
25-man
“All political power lies in the barrel of a gun”
- Mao Tse-Dung
reinforces the importance of the PLA in consolidating Mao’s power
a conscription law passed in ____ ensured ______ new recruits every year for the PLA
1955
800,000
what was the ‘Learn from the PLA’ campaign?
it instructed the people to learn from the revolutionary and personal attributes the ‘People’s Soldiers’ exemplified: discipline, bravery, resourcefulness, incorruptibility, and commitment to communist cause
After the Korean War, the size of the PLA was reduced from ______ in 1950 to _______ in 1953
5 million
3.5 million
when was the ‘Campaign to Suppress Counter-Revolutionaries’ launched?
March 1950
when was the Three Antis Campaign launched?
August 1951
