Communist China

communism in china

1. COMMUNISM IN CHINA

2. OBJECTIVE

3. ESSENTIAL QUESTION

4. CREATE THIS TABLE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK COMMUNISM IN CHINA Mao and Communism (2) Communist Society (4) Great Leap Forward (1) Cultural Revolution (3)

5. Mao and Communism 1920s-40s: Mao Zedong lead the Communists in China against the Nationalists.

6. Mao and Communism In 1949 the Communists and rural peasants forced Nationalists out of China.

7. Communist Society “Capitalists” killed: Landowners, factory owners, village leaders, and better-off peasants.

8. Communist Society Schools, newspapers, books, music, and art were controlled to spread Communism.

9. Communist Society Children were taught to obey Communist party instead of parents.

10. Communist Society Created communes: collective farms holding 30,000 people.

11. Great Leap Forward 1958-1961: Five Year plan to industrialize China: failed and killed 30-50 million.

12. Cultural Revolution 1966: Students were made into Red Guards to attack non-Communists and work on farms.

13. Cultural Revolution Mao’s sayings were turned into a “Little Red Book” that everyone had to have.

14. Cultural Revolution Educators imprisoned, dynastic art destroyed, a million people killed.