• Nationalist Party (Pro-Democracy) led by Chiang Kai-Shek & supported by U.S.
VS.
• Communist Party led by Mao Zedongsupported by Soviet Union.
• 1949: Communists took control through violent revolution & created the People’s Republic of China.
• More concerned with the plight of the Chinese peasants than Chinese urban workers.
• Felt the working class was doing all the work & remained poor while the rich were getting richer.
• In the margin of your “Communism in China Matrix,” create a biographical book title describing the impact of Mao Zedong on China.
• Be prepared to share your book title!
• 1958 –Help China become equal to West in agricultural & industrial production.
• Built factories to strengthen the country after decades of war.
• Forced people to work collective farms where they shared everything.
• Crop failures in 1950s = famine
• 45+ million died• Produced weak steel!• 1960-program
ended, reducing Mao’s power!
• If the following statement is TRUE, STAND UP!
• If the following statement is FALSE, SIT DOWN!
In the 1950s, the communist government of China began a policy called “The Great Leap Forward” in
order to increase production in farms and factories.
“China’s 600 million people have two remarkable peculiarities; they are, first of all poor, and secondly blank. That may seem like a bad thing, but it is really a good thing. Poor people want change, want to do things, want revolution. A clean sheet of paper has no blotches, and so the newest and most beautiful pictures can be painted on it.”
--- Mao Zedong, 1958
1966:
• Wished to regain power lost with Great Leap Forward & create classless & equal society
• Created The Red Guard:
– 11 million Chinese youth
• Goals: – Wipe out Chinese customs & ideas.
– Promote Mao’s teachings
– Eliminate anyone who disagreed with Mao.
• Program also failed!
• 1976 –PROGRAM ENDED when Mao died.
• Millions died
• Cultural & educational elements had been destroyed!
• If the following statement is TRUE, THUMBS UP!
• If the following statement is FALSE, THUMBS DOWN!
Artists, teachers, and writers became highly revered in Chinese society
during the Cultural Revolution implemented by Communist leader
Mao Zedong.
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• 1976: Deng Xiaoping became leader until his death in 1997.
• For the 1st time opened China up to the West.
1989-Communism was not popular around world.
Over 10,000 students protested corrupt government & called for democracy.
Xiaoping ordered thousands of soldiers to end the protest in Beijing.
June 4, 1989-soldiers fired on students, arrested thousands of people, destroyed Goddess of Democracy statue.
Your Task:
On page 130 of your Interactive Notebook, create a report card for each of Mao Zedong’s Communist Programs: The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution. Evaluate each of these historical programs and assign it a grade based on its overall impact on the country of China. You will also need to add a “teacher” comment for each program to justify its grade!