Cox's Ib History Plan Mao Rise

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Introduction

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Mao took advantage of the large peasant population in China, emancipating them from foreign leadership.

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Themes

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1- Foreign Influence
2- Weakness of Gov.
3- Weakness of Opposition
4- Individual/Party Strengths
5- Force

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Foreign Influence- Detrimental to Society

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Opium Wars: 1830- 1842 1856-60; Blamed on the British

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Foreign Influence- Involved in Chinese Politics

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Americans helped GMD

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Foreign Influence- Mao's Position

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Mao publically against foreign influence

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Foreign Influence- Closing Sentence

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The foreign influence on China’s government doomed it from the beginning as the proud Chinese people would never accept international dictation.

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Weakness of Gov.- Change

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Collapse of Chin dynasty 1911; Chinese used to monarch ruling; Confucius values very hierarchical

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Weakness of Gov.- Cowards

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Let Japanese Invade Manchuria

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Weakness of Gov.- Unstable, Corruption

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Warlords from 1916-1927

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Weakness of Gov.- Closing Sentence

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Main weakness was that previous government was new, influenced by foreigners, and Chinese were used to isolated, autocratic rule.

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Weakness of Opposition- Cowards

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GMD wouldn’t fight against Japanese during WWII

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Weakness of Opposition- Betrayed the People

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GMD handed over Beijing & Shanghai

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Weakness of Opposition- Economic

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GMD had massive inflation; 1937-49: 287,000%; Treated Soldiers Poorly: 14 million died

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Weakness of Opposition- Closing Sentence

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GMD attempted to run China but was not capable of dealing with the peasantry or their living requirements.

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Individual/Party Strengths- Respectful

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10 Rules/pts of conduct for army troops (eg. Soldiers had to pay for what they took) “The Soldiers are Fish and the People Water”; Soldiers survived on people & would disperse back into peasantry once war finished

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Individual/Party Strengths- Strength

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The Long March 1934-35 (10% remained at end)

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Individual/Party Strengths- Policies for Peasants

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Jiangxing Province: communist party’s land laws gave the peasants land, began red army

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Individual/Party Strengths- Propaganda

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Little Red Book

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Individual/Party Strengths- Closing Sentence

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Mao’s communist government appealed to the people’s idea of ruling the country for the people not the powerful.

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Force- Military Strength

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Fought Japanese: Yanan & Jiangxi

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Force- Winners

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Won civil war Fought GMD “1946” (or earlier) to 1949

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Force- Strength For the People

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Fought WarLords

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Force- Closing Sentence

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Mao’s use of force allowed him to appear to the peasantry as a strong and powerful leader aligned with the people’s best interest.

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Clever Twist

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Despite Mao’s communist ideals and Russia’s preach of communism for the world, Stalin supported the GMD over Mao until his victory was clear, revealing Stalin’s oversight of the influence of China’s peasant population.