The Cold War Communism Established in China

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The Cold WarCommunism Established in China

• By Scotty Bolling
• To Mr.Sweeny
• MWH

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The Great March

• Chinese nationalists and the US conformed
  against communism so it could stop from
  spreading. The US refused to recognize the
  communist group on the China mainland, which was
  quite a large portion of land. Communism in
  China started by Mao Zedong who wanted a new
  start for China. He wanted everyone to be equal,
  including the peasants. In 1927 Communists led by
  Mao escaped from Nationalists who had them
  surrounded and were ready to get rid of all the
  communists. They escaped by retreating into the
  mountains. They crossed 18 mountains ranges and
  24 rivers, a distance of about 6000miles. Maos
  goal was to achieve communism by getting support
  of the Chinese peasants and not the proletariet.
  to ensure the programs success, they met with
  the peasents and listend to their problems.

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• In this picture Mao is among his followers and in
  the backround is a place that looks like
  paradise. This picture is telling people that
  society wants Mao and also a better China.

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American Containment is not enough

• America tried to contain communism and supported
  the Nationalists but at the same time they were
  trying to be the peace makers between the two
  forms of government. However the Containment
  failed and China became communist.

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• The US did not send soldiers to back up the
  nationalists but they did send 2billion dollars
  worth of military equipment to China. But the
  Nationalist leadership was corrupt and Communists
  had won the peasants to their side. In congress
  , conservative Republicans and Democrats attacked
  the Truman administration for supplying only
  limited aid to Chiang.(Danzer)

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Communists

• Ruled the north after the war
• Relied heavily on financial aid form the Soviet
  Union
• Propaganda campaigns were built around the theme
  of national liberation.
• Promise of land reform appealed to peasants
• Experienced Guerrilla army was highly motivated.
  (Danzer)

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Nationalists

• Ruled in the south of China after WW1
• Relied heavily on financial aid from the United
  States
• Government adopted a new constitution in 1946
• Government struggled with inflation and a failing
  economy
• Military suffered from weak leadership and poor
  morale (Danzer)

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TIMELINE

• 1927 The Long March. Communists escaped into the
  mountains.
• 1937 The Chinese and the Nationalists stop their
  Civil war to join together and stop the Japanese.
• 1944 United States tried to make peace between
  the Chinese Nationalists and Communists.
• 1949 Chiang and the remainder of his defeated
  army and Government fled to Taiwan.
• 1949 Communists drove the Nationalists from power

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• Here is Mao surrounded by people, most likely
  peasents, holding up his famous little red Book

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EXTRAS

• During the Chinese Revolution a little red book
  with quotations in it by Mao was a popular item
  among Chinese citizens. So many copies of the
  book were made that everyone could have more than
  one and a half a copies of the little red book.

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Bibs

• FRIENDLY DICTATORS TRADING CARDS1990 Dennis
  Bernstein Laura Sydell. Eclipse Enterprises,
  Forestville, California
• Gerald Danzer, J.Jorge Klor, Larry S Krieger, The
  Americans Life. Evanston, IL, 2000
• http//www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/documents/lin-mao1968
  .jpg (slide number 9)
• www.iisg.nl/landsberger/ images/2poem.jpg(slide
  number 3)
• marx2mao.org//Mao/index.html (red Book slide)