1. Communist Revolution

2. The End of Emperors
In 1911, after thousands of years of being ruled by emperors, the last of China’s royal dynasty’s was overthrown
Over the next years, China was in chaos as different groups struggled to control the country
By the 1930s, China entered a period of civil war between 2 main political parties to determine who would control the country

3. 2 Political Parties Fight for Control
Nationalist Party (KMT)
led by Chiang Kai-shek
wanted democratic gov’t
Communist Party (CCP)
led by Mao Zedong
wanted communist gov’t

4. Communists Win (cause)
In 1949, China becomes a communist nation lead by Mao Zedong
After years of civil war, the Communist Party wins the fight with the Nationalists for control
Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalist party were forced to flee to the tiny island of Taiwan

5. Chairman Mao Mao Zedong = head of Chinese Communist party & gov’t
Communist party set all gov’t policies, giving Chairman Mao nearly absolute power

6. Communism’s Goal (effects)
The goal of communism is to make everyone as equal as possible, to have a “classless” society
There is no private ownership of property (ex. land, businesses)
Everything is run by the gov’t, like factories, schools, hospitals
The gov’t provides jobs for everyone and pays everyone the same amount of money, no matter what their job or how well they do it

7. The Chinese Communist Party . . .
took land from the wealthy and gave it to the poor
took control over China’s factories and businesses, determining what and how much should be made
forced peasant farmers to combine all their land together into “collective farms” and work together to grow food

8. Why does all this matter? (importance)
China is still a Communist nation today

9. What we talked about yesterday…
There was a big fight in China between the communists & nationalists (democracy)
Communists won IN 1949
Took over all private ownership of land and businesses
Everyone became equal. Everyone was paid the same.
This is the goal of COMMUNISM

10. Great Leap Forward (1958)
A program meant to speed up China’s economic development
All small farms were combined into larger farms
All farm & factory ownership and decisions were in the hands of the gov’t
Goals were set for farm and factory production
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11. Great Leap Forward cont.
Mao thought it would help China become equal to the leading powers of the West (cause)

12. Propaganda poster of the steel production objective
Propaganda poster of the steel production objective. The text reads: "Take steel as the key link, leap forward in all fields",

13. “Backyard Furnaces”

14. Greap Leap Forward (cont.)
Peasant labor not enough to bring about desired results (effect)
Some people lied about production (effect)
Famine, a time of starvation from lack of food being produced (effect)
Millions died (effect)

16. Great Leap Forward (cont.)
Weakened support for Mao (importance)
Many people wanted private ownership of land back (importance)

17. Cultural Revolution (1966)
A program to increase support for and remove opposition to the Communist party
(what is it?)
Chinese poster saying:
"We'll destroy the old world and build new."
Classical example of the Red art from the early Cultural Revolution.
Worker crushes the crucifix, Buddha and classical Chinese texts with his hammer

18. Cultural Revolution cont.
All parts of life suppose to be about communism
Red Guards (groups of students) patrolled for “uncommunist” people
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19. Cultural Revolution (cont.)
Mao thought dream of “classless society” was disappearing
Large divide still existed between educated elite and peasants
Renew support for communist party (cause)

20. Cultural Revolution cont.
Red Guards mistreated many people (effect)
Anything connected to foreign ideas & old Chinese ideas destroyed (effect)
People sent out to the countryside to do hard labor
People told on each other for “crimes” against communism (effect)

21. Cultural Revolution (cont.)
Time of chaos (importance)
Many killed or committed suicide (importance)
After Mao died, Chinese leaders allowed for more private ownership of land and businesses (importance)

22. Chinese poster showing Jiang Qing, saying: "Let new communist culture conquer every stage."

23. Tiananmen Sqaure (1989)
student protests in Tianamen Square against the corruption & repression of the Communist party
(what is it?)

24. Tiananmen Sqaure “Goddess of Democracy”
Communist Party sends in tanks to break up the protests

25. Tiananmen Square
Students/intellectuals wanted democracy and freedom (cause)
thousands of soldiers with tanks and guns fired on the unarmed students (effect)
destroyed the statue of the Goddess of Democracy
arrested thousands of people (effect)

27. Tiananmen Square
one of the most famous examples of communist cruelty and repression (importance)
Although there is more economic freedom in China, the communist gov’t still has control over people’s lives (importance)