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Warm Up

Warm Up. How much nuclear weaponry did the USA and USSR have during the cold war? What is a proxy war? Give two examples of proxy wars America was involved in. What effect did SDI also known as “Star Wars” have on the Soviet Union?. Cold War pt. 3. Rise of Modern China. Remember China?.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up • How much nuclear weaponry did the USA and USSR have during the cold war? • What is a proxy war? Give two examples of proxy wars America was involved in. • What effect did SDI also known as “Star Wars” have on the Soviet Union?

  2. Cold War pt. 3 Rise of Modern China

  3. Remember China? • Last Emperor was a child, exiled as Western nations divided the country into spheres of influence • Last Emperor under house arrest in the Forbidden City • China slowly becoming a modern country

  4. Sun-Yat-Sen • Hawaiian-educated • Becomes leader of Triads in China • Leads the overthrow of the emperor and becomes first President of China • Fought against warlords to keep China unified

  5. Nationalists • Chiang Kai-Shek • In charge after Sun’s death • Defeated the warlords • Unified China • Orders the purge of the Communists

  6. Long March • Communists flee. Set out on the “Long March” • Covered 18 mountain ranges, 20 rivers, 6,000 miles. • Many deaths: • Hunger • Disease • Nationalist attacks • 100,000 set out, 8,000 reached their goal.

  7. New Communist leader • Mao Zedong (Mao-Tse-Tung) • Admired Soviet Communism • Led a small uprising in Hunan province • Soon became leader of the entire communist party

  8. Japanese Imperialism • Take advantage of China’s problems and attack. • Communists and Nationalists join forces to fight Japanese. • Many peasant soldiers learn of Communism and join the party. • Nationalists take most of the losses

  9. After WWII • In 1949, Communists defeat the Nationalists • Nationalists fled to Taiwan • Mao becomes the first premier of the People’s Republic of China

  10. Changing China • Mao has absolute control • Reforms • Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution

  11. More changes • Great Leap Forward – A new plan by Mao when collectives failed. • Set up people’s communes – self sufficient communities • Contained ag. And industry • Govt. made all production decisions • Failed miserably – Great Leap Backwards

  12. Great Leap Forward • Plan: Make China an Industrial Power • Strategy: • Collective farms • Backyard steel furnaces • 20-43 million die

  13. Cultural Revolution • Designed to re-educate people about Communism • Mao needs to regain popularity after the failed Great Leap Forward • Encourages young people to abolish the old and create new ideas

  14. Red Guard • Young people who traveled China “educating” people about Communism during the Cultural Revolution

  15. Failure • The Cultural Revolution failed, and was ended in 1969. • Economy was nearly destroyed • Hundreds of innocent people were dead or in jail • Much of China’s history was destroyed • Many young people were left uneducated • 1976 – Mao died

  16. Striving for Democracy • After Mao’s death, the economy grows • People with money want control over their own lives • Tiananmen Square protests • Massacre

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