Civil War to Cultural Revolution Communist China Civil War to Cultural Revolution

Civil War 1928 to 1938 1946 to 1949 Mao Zedong Communists Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai Shek) Nationalists

Nationalists Promised to: Destroy Communism Maintain the China’s current laws.

Communists Promised to: Redistribute land to peasants Increase education End corruption

Who would you support? Most peasants sided with Mao forces Why? Promise of land and education

Communists Nationalists Nationalists

Victory Communists won Nationalists move to Taiwan.

Victory Communists won Nationalists move to Taiwan. Mao and Stalin sign a treaty of friendship in 1950. Soviet Union supports China. US supports Taiwan. China conquers Mongolia and Tibet.

Mao Alters China Collective farms Women gain equality Government takes private businesses Five year plan (1953-57) Outcome: coal, cement, electricity (2x) steel (4x) “Little Red Book”

Great Leap Forward 1958-61 Forms huge farming communes of 25,000 people. Ate together slept in dormitories children were raised in nurseries. They were paid nothing and could own nothing. No reason to work hard. Famine broke out and 20 million starved!

Changes in the 60s 1960 Soviet Union and China have a falling out Mao is ousted USSR Great Leap Forward new leaders allowed: Family farms selling of crops competition in factories for raises bonuses and promotions

Cultural Revolution 1970s Mao gets the young students to revive the revolution. Red Guards: Militias of young people who declared war on those with privilege. Professors Government officials Factory managers Even their own parents.

Results of Cultural Revolution 100,000 killed or imprisoned. “Purified” with hard labor in rural farms. Wide spread chaos Nearly civil war. 1976- Mao orders the army to suppress the Red Guard units. Mao dies later that year after opening relations with the US.