SGQ7

1.) revolution and the warlord era
a. expalin the three major crisis of this era?
i. Europeans began to force their way into China
ii.Taiping Rebellion
iii. China was defeated in a war against Japan
b.) what was the immediate cause of the 1911 revolution? Many young people became radical and wanted to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty and westernize China. The revolution soon began among soldiers in Wuchang and then most provinces decalared themseleves independent
c.)what were the postive devolpements thaty took place during the Warlord era?
The May fourth movement which began in 1919 and it protested the warlord era and it was anti-Japanese. Also the Kuomintang and nationalists grew stronger and succeded in bringing down the warlords
2.) The Kuomintang, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and Chiang Kai-shek
a. What were Sun Yat-sens three goals for China?
i. nationalism
ii. democracy
iii. land reform
b. What three steps did Chiang take to consiladate power?
i. set out on a Northern march to destroy the warlords central and northern China
ii. decided to that the communists became too powerful so expelled them from alliance
iii. removed all left-wingers from leadership postions
3.) Mao Zedong and the Communist party
a. How did the communists survive the extermination campaings?
Zedong decided that the only way to survive was to break through Chiangs lines and set ip another power base somewhere else
b. Why did Mao and the communists gain support?
i.the inefficiency and corruption of the KMT in governemnt
ii. there was no improvments in peasant poverty
iii. theKMT put up no effective resistance to the Japanese
iv.there was little improvements in factory conditions
4.) Breifly summarize how the CCP won their struggle with the KMT, and give two reasons
They slowly with the help from Russia took over the KMT army because thier numbers and strenght grew. The CCP took over Beijing and later led the KMT to flee to Taiwain. The KMT was disengrating and there leadership was corrupt and the CCP propagenda had infested the the country and therefore with the people's support and the KMT's tactical blunders the CCP took control leading to a new Chinese Republic.