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took place on that day affected every human being in the United States. Ever since then, Americans have been fearful of additional attacks of terror taking place on their homeland. Unfortunately, this is not the only incident in history that frightened citizens of the United States. In the 1900s, McCarthyism caught the attention of many…

highest branches of the US government. Lacking substantial evidence, he accused various senators, representatives, and officials of being communist spies. His infamous “list” of such people was comprised of information that was “either taken from other sources or misremembered or just made up” (Kelley). As a result, Joseph McCarthy negatively influenced the United States politically, socially, and morally, as reflected in the literature of the Second Red Scare. Joseph McCarthy was born in rural…

Identification and evaluation of sources The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was a military expedition executed by the Soviet Union through the years of 1979 to 1989. The invasion was considered extremely controversial by many countries and even the residents of the Soviet Union thought it was controversial as well. The question for this investigation is: “Was the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan executed to help out the unstable Afghani socialist government or was it just Soviet imperialism?” Due…

Japan’s defeat in WW2. The Chinese Communist Party established the People’s Republic of China. This caused the relationship between Chinese peasants and the Chinese Communist Party to change greatly. The peasant class developed a nationalistic movement for themselves, peasants gained social equality and the anti-Japanese beliefs grew. In this time period, the Japanese peasant class fought for nationalistic movements. Mao Zedong, a rising leader of the Chinese Communist Party (Doc. 1), talks…

Mao Tse-Tung, also known as Mao Zedong, was a principal Chinese Marxist theorist and the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from its inception as China’s governing regime in 1949 until his death in 1976. Economically, Tse-Tung is known for his introduction of multiple famous economic policies and five year plans, including the first Five Year Plan of 1953 and the subsequent Great Leap Forward, credited as responsible for completely redefining and modernizing the Chinese economy. In addition…

On October 1st, 1949, communist leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China, naming himself as head of the state. The declaration ended over six years of bloody civil warfare against the Guomindang (GMD, Chinese Nationalist Party) led by the Chiang Kai-Shek, whose eventual unpopularity and corruption drove them to flee China altogether. Chairman Mao’s popular revolutionary vision for the People’s Republic Of China aimed to favor the peasantry, whereas the redistribution of land…

and Deng Xiaoping were two leaders who were both at the forefront of Chinese politics at different periods in time (Deng Xiaoping emerged the de facto leader of China though he never officially held office as head of State or head of government). Though they both wanted a communist government, they had ideological differences in the economic policies they felt was ideal for China. Owing to the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese economy expanded by leaps and bounds, with…

assess the political and ideological relations, national interests, as well as varying views of regimes between China (PRC) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The split devastated the international communist movement while laying down the path that would later spark relations between China and the United States in 1971. Two sources, Sino-Soviet Crisis Politics: A Study of Political Change and Communication by Richard Wich, and The Sino-Soviet Territorial Dispute written by Tai Sung An, will…

of the Cultural Revolution were, there was no firm plan for its execution. Terrifying purges, torture and brutality were simply enacted on the whims of the Chinese communist dictator, Mao Zedong, and the brainwashed youth organized as Red Guards. The powerful move that Mao enacted to implement his vision of a fully communist state stemmed largely from his insecurities and a power struggle involving Lui Shaoqi. But the effect was much larger than destruction of politicians:…

Zedong was born in December. 26, 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan province, China and died in September. 9, 1976, Beijing. He was principal Chinese Marxist theorist, solider, and statesman who led his nation 's communist revolution He was a leader of the Chinese Communist party from 1935, he was the chief of the state of the People 's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959. He graduated from a normal school and traveled to Beijing. He became a major participant in the United Front. He encouraged to make many…