The Trial of Mao

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The Trial of Mao

• Kempton Patten
• Global History II
• Mepham High School

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Communism and the Peoples Republic of China
According to Mao Zedong
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Communism GOALS

• GOALS Peoples Republic of China
• Wanted increase agriculture and industry
• Eliminate social classes
• Socialist economy cooperation and shared
  ownership

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Communism RESULTS

• 30 million people died
• Communism turned into a one-party
• dictatorship

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What does Communism look like?
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The Great Leap Forward
According to Peng
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GOALS of The Great Leap Forward

• Modernization
• Increase technology
• Increase agriculture
• Promised more , more food, less
• work

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RESULTS of the Great Leap Forward

• Mao did not keep promises
• Corrupt
• Commune system slowed output
• 30 million people died

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What did the Great Leap look like?
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Life on the Commune

• According to Ping

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GOALS of commune

• Commune giant village where all the peasants
  now would live and work together

• Created during Great Leap Forward
• Own means of production
• Supposed to be more productive

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RESULTS of commune

• Not allowed to eat
• Government had unrealistic goals
• Shortage of food
• Increase in violence
• Maos solution Chinese should
• eat less
• Millions died

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What does commune life look like?
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Cultural Revolution
According to Liu
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GOALS of the Cultural Revolution

• GOAL renew communist loyalty
• Replace successors with more loyal
• followers
• 2. Got rid of all who opposed Mao
• Students formed the Red Guard
• and schools were closed
• 4. Create less elite society

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RESULTS of the Cultural Revolution

• Anarchy
• Terror
• Economy slowed
• Hundreds of thousands die
• Especially teachers

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What did the Cultural Revolution look like?
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The Little Red Book
Yuji, the Red Guard
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GOALS of The Little Red Book Red Guard

• Red Guard youth organized group (high school
  age)

• Attack traditional values and
• criticize party officials
• Report disloyal Chinese and
• un-revolutionary activity
• During Cultural Revolution

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GOALS of the Little Red Book Red Guard
Verbally attacked and physically abused
Chinese Military had to be called in to stop the
students
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What did the Red Guards look like?
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Women's Rights

• According to Mulan

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GOALS of Womens Rights

• EQUALITY under the law
• Can work in factories or on farms

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RESULTS of Womens Rights

• Women made less than men
• Very few women had high position
• government jobs
• Never really seen as equal

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What did Womens Rights look like in the Peoples
Republic of China?
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Should Mao be found innocent or guilty??Should
a countrys political leader be held responsible
for the failure of policies that result in the
loss of human life?