1. Communism in China Rise of Mao Zedong Chinese Civil War Life Under Mao
The Great Leap Forward
Cultural Revolution
Tiananmen Square

2. The Rise of Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was a Communist organizer and a member of the Chinese Communist Party
Mao first had to defeat the Nationalists, using the peasants’ huge population as an advantage.
During the Long March, an estimated 81,000 out of 90,000 people died while walking 6,000 miles to the last surviving Communist Base in southern China.
During the course of the Long March, Mao established himself unquestionably as the leader of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)
He held his title his whole life.

3. Chinese Civil War Cause:
The war occurred because the Chinese Nationalists (led by Chiang Kai-shek) and the Chinese Communists (led by Mao Zedong) were competing for power
The war between the two groups began in 1945

4. Chinese Civil War Outcome:
Communists won over millions of peasants by promising them land
Numerous people joined Mao’s People’s Liberation Army
Nationalists lost to the Communists in 1949
People’s Republic of China was ruled by the Communist Party
Chiang Kai-shek and 2 million Nationalists retreated to Taiwan and established the Republic of China

5. Life Under Mao
Launched a program in 1955 in order to form a socialist society
Took land from wealthy landlords and gave it to two-thirds of the peasants in hopes that food production would increase, which ended up not happening
He took collective farms and combined them into communes, that contained 30,000 people who lived and worked together

6. Great Leap Forward It was a radical program that began in 1958
Mao Zedong started it in hopes to speed up economic growth
He took collective farms and combined them into communes, that contained 30,000 people who lived and worked together
His goal was to reach the final stage of communism – a classless society
One of Mao’s campaigning slogans was:
“Hard work for a few years, happiness for a thousand”
The Great Leap Forward was a disaster
The food production went down because of bad weather and bad planning
16 million citizens starved to death
Two years later, in 1960, the Chinese Government broke down the communes

7. The Cultural Revolution
Mao still wanted a classless society
Only a permanent and constant revolution could make this happen
In 1966 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution began
Little Red Book was a book of Mao Zedong’s thoughts
Thought of as a bible and ultimate source of knowledge

8. The Cultural Revolution Continued
Red Guards were formed
Bands of mostly student and teenage revolutionaries
Wanted to get rid of the “Four Olds”
Old ideas
Old cultures
Old customs
Old habits
Destroyed books that were written by foreigners, foreign music, and temples
Renamed the streets so that they sounded more revolutionary
Brutally attacked people who “deviated” from Mao’s plan

9. Cultural Revolution Continued
Many people including party members, professionals, and military officers went against the Red Guards because they were repulsed by the Red Guard’s actions
Mao reined in the Red Guards and got tired of their actions
Deng Xiaoping gained power after Zedong’s death
Brought the Cultural Revolution to an end

10. Tiananmen Square Located in the capital of Beijing
Massive demonstrations were held there
The death of Hu Yaobang, a pro-democracy pro-market official, sparked these protests.
Over 100,000 spectators showed up to Yaobang’s funeral on April 15, 1989
The movement lasted seven weeks, until Deng Xiaoping ended it on June 4
Xiaoping believed that protesters were calling for the end of communist square
He ordered tanks and troops to get rid of the protesters
Between 500 and 2,000 people were killed
By the late 1990’s:
Protested against
Chinese citizens had high taxes
A classless society was never achieved, and there was major economic and social inequality

12. Analyze & Discuss
                                           

13. By:
Rachel Furcick
Nikol Grbic
Max Mercado
Steven Momi