EQ: Compare and contrast the rise of Compare and contrast the rise of communism in China and the USSR.communism in China and the USSR.

1. New Entry: The Long MarchThe Long March2. Consider: How do you expect communism

to look in China?

By the end of class our objectives are to:

-understand the dispute between nationalist and communist movements in China -explain Mao’s role in the growth of communism -explain the significance of the Long March

Peasants and landlords or rich and poor or upper class and lower class

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Now think OPVL: what argument could this document help you make?

Just Read: In the early 1900s, China was ripe for revolution.

China had faced years of humiliation at the hands of outsiders. Foreign countries controlled China’s trade and economic resources. Many Chinese believed that modernization and nationalism held the country’s keys for survival. They wanted to build up the army and navy, to construct modern factories, and to reform education. Yet others feared change. They believed that China’s greatness lay in its traditional ways.

What is this?

Nationalist Movement:• Kuomintang

– Led by Sun Yixian(Sun Yat-sen)

– Overthrew the Qing dynasty

• Sun president for only 6 weeks– Nationalism, people’s rights and livelihood – “father of modern China”– Lacked authority and military support

Political Unrest:• Peasants suffered

– Warlords terrorized the countryside– Infrastructure fell apart– Famine

• Gained little from the Treaty of Versailles

May Fourth Movement (1919):• 3,000 students protest• Movement spread• Nationalism

Communist Party:• Mao Zedong among founders• Kuomintang unites with Communist Party• Soviets offered support• After Sun’s death conflict between nationalists

and communists arose– Communists are massacred and forced into hiding

Civil War:• Mao developed new brand of communism

– Rural– Led by peasants– Red Army

• The Long March– Communists outnumbered 6 to 1 – Hazardous 6,000 mile journey to escape– Lasted more than a year– 100,000 began the march, less than 30,000

reached safety

• Truce – temporarily united to fight Japan

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