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Struggles of the Republic
Read your assigned section and answer the questions◦ Nationalism◦ Democracy◦ Livelihood
Share with your group members who worked on different sections to complete all questions
Read your assigned section and answer the questions◦ Nationalism◦ Democracy◦ Livelihood
Share with your group members who worked on different sections to complete all questions
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Summary
Which political ideas were the people going to listen to? Who had the right to rule?
Nationalists vs. Communists
Feeling threatened, Chiang launched a massive campaign against the Communist army
Outnumbered, Communists begin to flee
90,000 Chinese began
7,000 Chinese finished
90,000 Chinese began
7,000 Chinese finished
Traveled 6,000 miles from Southeast China to Northwest Province of Shaanxi
Traveled 6,000 miles from Southeast China to Northwest Province of Shaanxi
KMT: Kuomintang (Nationalist Party)◦ Chiang Kai-shek (President)
CCP: Chinese Communist Party◦ Mao Zedong
A revolution to remove “3 big mountains”◦imperialism◦feudalism◦bureaucrat-capitalism
A “United Front” of …◦workers◦peasants
1/10/1949, PRC, Beijing◦ Chairman: Mao Zedong
Republic of China government retreated to Taiwan
1. Won support of huge peasant population by promising land and food
2. Won support of women by promising to reject traditional beliefs of Confucius
3. Many people across the country blamed the Nationalists for allowing the “foreign devils” to dominate in China
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