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What is Communism? Communism- a government where people
shared work fairly and were paid equally.
The word Communism comes from the Latin
word Communis which means commonor
belonging to all.
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The Beliefs of Communism
The rich get richer.
The poor get poorer.
People wanted tomake everythingequal.
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ta je komunizam?Komunizamideologija jednakosti
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Do you agree? Or disagree?
Based off of what
you know, do you
think Communismis a good idea?
If yes: explain
why
If no: what arepotential dangers
of Communism?
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Capitalism
An economic and
political system in
which a country'strade and industry
are controlled by
privateownersfor profit.
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Basics of Capitalism:
Capitalism is said to
promote economic
growth and the
overall standard ofliving.
In other words,
capitalism creates
CAPITAL(money)and lots of it.
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Basics of Capitalism:
Buyers (people) influence the marketthrough their demand and ability to
purchase goods and services. There is
very little government intervention.
Producers (businesses) are motivated by
profit(money) and therefore create
whatever goods people will buy.
In other words, the businesses run theeconomy, the government stays out of it!
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Do you agree? Or disagree?
Based off of what
you know, do you
think Capitalism isa good idea?
If yes: explain
why
If no: what arepotential dangers
of Capitalism?
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Problems with Capitalism:
There is a
growing gap
between the richand the poor. The
rich get richer and
the people who
work for themremain poor.
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So what is the best solution?
Do you believe
that Communism
or Capitalism is abetter economic
system?
Yes = Capitalism
No = Communism
Be sure to youspecific reasons to
support your
answer.
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Chinese Economy from WWII -
PresentAfter WWII, the
Communist Party
gained a lot ofsupport.
Mao Zedong was
the leader
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Maos China
Mao Zedong used
propagandato
spread the ideas ofCommunism and
published The
Little Red Book to
teach peoplecommunist
philosophies
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The Great Leap Forward - 1958
In 1958 Zedong began a radical program called the
Great Leap Forward to increase production in farms
and factories
The Communists rushed to increase production
and made people with little to no experiencetry to
farm or produce steel in their backyards.
The steel was of poor quality making it uselessand
the poor weather resulted in a widespread famine.
An estimated 30 million people died of starvation
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The Cultural Revolution - 1966
Create a society with no ties to the past:
Closed schools
Urged students to rebel against their students,
these people were called Red Guards
Many Ancient Chinese buildings were destroyed
Anyone opposing Zedong was attacked by theyoung Red Guards
Finally, they began to turn against Zedong and were
eventually imprisoned
Hundreds of thousands of
people were killed
China was in turmoil!
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The Four Modernizations - 1981
Deng Xiaoping became the new leader of China in
1981. Over the past 20 years, China has seen slow
changes in their economy, allowing some free
enterprise (meaning that the government doescontrol ALL aspects of the economy)
Xiaoping led The Four Modernizations:
Farming
Industry
Science
Defense
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Modern China Today, China is a major economic power China still only has one political party, the Chinese
Communist Party, meaning there is no political
freedom
In 1989, people gathered in Tiananmen Square inChinas capital to protest for democracy. The
government sent in troops and tanks, 1000s were
killed or wounded.
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Modern China
There is still a need for human rights reforms
China today is one of the worlds greatest
manufacturing countries
While the economy is slowly changing, there is not
much room for political change given the fact that
there is only one political party allowed.
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Inferring what you know Based off of what you know about Mao Zedong, what
is the irony of this political cartoon, and what it istrying to communicate?