Communism Spreads to Asia Chapter 15.3
China’s Communist Revolution Civil War Mao Zedong-Communist leader vs Nationalist Chaing Kai Shek- nationalist leader Why? Mao got support from the peasants and promises of redistributing the land
Nationalist were unpopular and corrupt Friends of foreigners
Mao takes over 1 party and 1 state Collectivization Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution
The Great Leap Forward-goal was the raise farm and industrial production Didn’t work Between million starved to death
Cultural Revolution- purge the bourgeois, get rid of all non- believers of Mao Cult of Personality Red Guard-loyalty to Mao
China the Cold War’s “Wild Card China and USSR –Soviet bloc US refuses to recognize China China want Taiwan
War Comes to Korea 38 th Parallel North and South Korea North Korea communist Kim Il Sung-N. Korea Syngman Rhee-S.Korea stalemate
Two Koreas N. Korea-communist, command economy, low standard of living S. Korea-democratic, capitalist, high standard of living US gives aid to S.Korea
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