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• Nationalist Party (Pro-Democracy) led by Chiang Kai-Shek & supported by U.S.

VS.

• Communist Party led by Mao Zedongsupported by Soviet Union.

• 1949: Communists took control through violent revolution & created the People’s Republic of China.

• Many Chinese were imprisoned in forced labor camps or killed.

• Born: 1893

• Died: 9/9/1976

• Was a teacher, who studied Karl Marx’s communist theory.

• More concerned with the plight of the Chinese peasants than Chinese urban workers.

• Felt the working class was doing all the work & remained poor while the rich were getting richer.

• In the margin of your “Communism in China Matrix,” create a biographical book title describing the impact of Mao Zedong on China.

• Be prepared to share your book title!

• 1958 –Help China become equal to West in agricultural & industrial production.

• Built factories to strengthen the country after decades of war.

• Forced people to work collective farms where they shared everything.

• Plan failed miserably!

• Known as Great Leap Backward

• Chinese had little reason to work hard.

• Crop failures in 1950s = famine

• 45+ million died• Produced weak steel!• 1960-program

ended, reducing Mao’s power!

• If the following statement is TRUE, STAND UP!

• If the following statement is FALSE, SIT DOWN!

In the 1950s, the communist government of China began a policy called “The Great Leap Forward” in

order to increase production in farms and factories.

“China’s 600 million people have two remarkable peculiarities; they are, first of all poor, and secondly blank. That may seem like a bad thing, but it is really a good thing. Poor people want change, want to do things, want revolution. A clean sheet of paper has no blotches, and so the newest and most beautiful pictures can be painted on it.”

--- Mao Zedong, 1958

1966:

• Wished to regain power lost with Great Leap Forward & create classless & equal society

• Created The Red Guard:

– 11 million Chinese youth

• Goals: – Wipe out Chinese customs & ideas.

– Promote Mao’s teachings

– Eliminate anyone who disagreed with Mao.

• Program also failed!

• 1976 –PROGRAM ENDED when Mao died.

• Millions died

• Cultural & educational elements had been destroyed!

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• If the following statement is TRUE, THUMBS UP!

• If the following statement is FALSE, THUMBS DOWN!

Artists, teachers, and writers became highly revered in Chinese society

during the Cultural Revolution implemented by Communist leader

Mao Zedong.

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• 1976: Deng Xiaoping became leader until his death in 1997.

• For the 1st time opened China up to the West.

1989-Communism was not popular around world.

Over 10,000 students protested corrupt government & called for democracy.

Xiaoping ordered thousands of soldiers to end the protest in Beijing.

June 4, 1989-soldiers fired on students, arrested thousands of people, destroyed Goddess of Democracy statue.

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Your Task:

On page 130 of your Interactive Notebook, create a report card for each of Mao Zedong’s Communist Programs: The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution. Evaluate each of these historical programs and assign it a grade based on its overall impact on the country of China. You will also need to add a “teacher” comment for each program to justify its grade!