Communist Revolution

The Chinese Communist Revolution

China Review  Chinese ______& kowtowing  ______War with Great Britain  Spheres of ______ ______Rebellion

Chinese Republic The Boxer Rebellion caused ______in China. Reformers wanted individual ______, an end to the Qing dynasty, and a strong, free China.

______was the western educated leader of the Nationalist movement, or ______. Sun’s “______” rallied the Chinese.

1. ______– no spheres of influence 2. ______– a constitution with no dynasty 3. ______– land redistribution

In 1911 the nationalists ______the 2,000 year old monarchy, and Sun Yat-sen was named ______of the new Chinese Republic.

______took over the Guomindang after the death of Sun Yat-sen. Chiang’s corrupt ______government did not raise the peasants’ standard of living.

Thousands of frustrated peasants and urban workers joined the Chinese ______Party and unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Chiang.

After their defeat, Chiang hunted and ______communists throughout China.

The Civil War ______emerged as the leader of the Communists in the 1930s. Along with 100,000 of his followers, Mao fled Chiang’s Guomindang forces in 1934 in a retreat known as the ______.

1 The Long March covered ______miles, with an average of 16 miles per day. Many communists ______from the cold, starvation, or the Guomindang. By 1935 Mao was left with merely 20,000 survivors, which was twenty percent of his original force.

In the years that followed, the communists, the Guomindang, and the ______invaders battled for control of China. After World War II the civil war resumed.

Finally in 1949 Mao’s forces were victorious, and Chiang’s Guomindang fled to ______. The ______of China (PRC) was proclaimed by Mao, which added one-fourth of the world’s population to the communist sphere.

Mao’s communists won the civil war for several reasons:  Support from ______who were promised ______ Support from ______who were promised ______ ______warfare and weapons from the ______ Chiang and the Guomindang were ______