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FQ: How did the Chinese Communist Revolution Revolutionize China ?

FQ: How did the Chinese Communist Revolution Revolutionize China ?. Do Now : How would you respond if your human rights were denied ? How would you react if you were a leader and your people went against you ?. Agenda. Do Now (10 mins.) Notes On Chinese Communists Revolution (20-25 mins.)

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FQ: How did the Chinese Communist Revolution Revolutionize China ?

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  1. FQ: How did the Chinese Communist Revolution Revolutionize China ? Do Now : How would you respond if your human rights were denied ? How would you react if you were a leader and your people went against you ?

  2. Agenda • Do Now (10 mins.) • Notes On Chinese Communists Revolution (20-25 mins.) • Video Clip and Questions (10 mins.) • Exit Ticket (10 mins.)

  3. Communism - REVIEW • A system of government in which the state plans, and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. • This political theory was created by Karl Marx.

  4. Mao Zedong • The Communist Party was formed in 1921. • Mao Zedong formed the Communist Party, which was influenced by Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Their goal was to take over the government and create a centralized government to regulate the agricultural output, education, and society. Mao believed the peasants were most important and sought to distribute land equally to all.

  5. Mao Zedong (Continuation) • Mao Zedong emerged as the leader of the Communists in the 1930s. Along with 100,000 people, Mao led the Guomindang forces in 1934 in a retreat known as the Long March. • After traveling more than 6,000 miles, Mao sets up a base in Northern China with about 20,000 survivors of the March. • In the years that followed, the communists, the Guomindang, and Japanese invaders battled for control of China. • Finally in 1949, Mao’s communists were victorious.

  6. Reasons For Communists Success • Mao won the support of the huge peasant population of China by promising to give land to peasants. • Mao won the support of women by rejecting the inequalities of traditional Confucian society. • Mao’s army made good use of hit-and-run guerrilla warfare. • Many people opposed the Nationalist government, which they saw as corrupt. • Some people left that the Nationalists had allowed foreigners to dominate China.

  7. Communism Under Mao Zedong • The communists set up the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. They wanted to transform China from an agricultural society into a modern industrial nation. • Under communism, literacy increased, old landlord and business classes were eliminated, and rural Chinese were provided with healthcare. • However, Mao set up a one-party dictatorship that denied people basic rights and freedoms.

  8. People’s Republic of China’s Flag The red background symbolizes the revolution. The star represents the Communist party and the Four stars represent the four social classes (the working class, The peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie)

  9. The Changing Role of Women • The only role for a woman recognized by the five Confucian relationships was that they can be a wife. The nationalists did not change these policies greatly. • In Communists China, women gained some rights. Under the new Chinese constitution, women won equality under the law. They were now expected to work alongside men on farms and factories. • Although Chinese women made progress, they did not have full equality with men. Only a few women had top jobs in government. Women were not always paid the same wages as men for doing the same work.

  10. The Cultural Revolution • Began in 1966 and was started by communist leader Mao Zedong • This revolution came as a result of Mao Zedong’s power being weakened • He shut down schools and universities in hopes that this would renew the loyalty to communism • Millions of students responded by forming militia groups called Red Guards.

  11. The Great Leap Forward • In 1958, Mao launched a program called the Great Leap Forward. He called on the people to increase agricultural and industrial output. • To make farms more productive, he created communes, groups of people who live and work together and hold property in common. Communes had production quotas which were set amounts of agricultural or industrial output that they were to produce.

  12. The Great Leap Forward (Continuation) • The Great Leap Forward failed. Commune–based industries turned out poorly made goods. At the same time, agricultural output declined. • Bad weather added to the downturn, creating widespread famine.

  13. Activity: Video Clip • Watch the video quietly and answer the questions that go along with the video. • Each answer should be at least 2 sentences and YES this will be collected  • http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/china-long-march/clip3/

  14. Exit Ticket Answer the following questions: • Who is Mao Zedong? • List two reasons how Mao and his communists were successful. THIS WILL BE COLLECTED 

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