1. The Chinese Civil War
Lecture 3
Standard

2. Standard
Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao-Tse-Tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China
Essential Question: How did China’s conversion to Communism add to the tension of the Cold War?

3. China’s Communist Revolution Chinese Civil WarVS
Mao Zedong~ Strong
Communists
U.S.S.R supported
Jiang Jieshi~ Weak
Nationalists
U.S supported

4. Mao Zedong~ Communists win 1949
U.S. President, Truman, does nothing to intervene
Jiang Jieshi/Nationalist flee to Taiwan
Mao founded the People’s Republic of China
Followed Marxism (communism)
Believed to have transformed China into a major world power
Responsible for tens of millions of deaths
Married 4 Times

6. How the Communists Won Mao won support of peasant population
Communists redistributed land to poor peasants and ended oppression
Collectivization
Built one party totalitarian state
Those who disagreed were sent to labor camps
Discouraged the practice of Buddhism, Confucianism, etc…

7. Feb. 1950- China and the Soviets sign a
treaty of friendship~ made the U.S. very mad

8. Changes in China Stalin…I mean Mao led the Great Leap Forward
Goal: increase farm/industrial output.
Larger collective farms
Failed (The Great Leap Backwards)
Famine killed 55 million people ( )
The Cultural Revolution ( )
Establish a society which peasants and workers are equal. (attacked skilled workers forced them to manual labor)
Urged young Chinese to experience revolution
Red Books of Mao’s quotes were carried

9. The Cold War’s Wild Card
China and Soviets split~ 1950s
China sick of being in Soviets shadow-wanted to create own brand of communism
Saw Soviets as weak
Border disputes caused the Soviets to withdraw from China ~1960
United States saw this as an opportunity to become friends w/ China

10. Revolts against Communism
Tiananmen Square
1989~ Chinese students protested against the undemocratic practices of communism
1000s were killed

11. Partner A What happened at Tiananmen Square?
What message did it send to the world?

12. Partner B What tactics did Mao use to gain and maintain power?
Do these tactics sound familiar? Where else have we seen this done?

13. Partner B
What was the Cultural Revolution?

14. Partner A What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?
Was is successful?
Explain.