Result of the Long March and the leadership of Mao Zedong
What caused the truce between the KMT and CCP?
Xi’an incident
Why did Mao insist that CCP members work amongst the peasants?
To enhance the CCP’s popularity with the peasants.
What is the purpose of the Organization Phase?
For CCP to gain more control over the countryside.
Explain why the KMT gained so much support from peasants and factory workers during its collaboration with the CCP.
The peasants and factory workers believed that the KMT government would carry out CCP-inspired social and economic reforms.
Who was the president of the USA in 1944.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the impact of the “eight points for attention”?
Soldiers were instructed to not harm peasants or their livelihood.
What is the main idea of New Democracy according to Mao?
The government has completed uncontested control over affairs but will respond to the needs and desires of the people.
What is an example of the atrocities the Japanese committed?
The use of chemical and biological weapons.
What was the purpose of the New Life Movement?
It was an attempt to revive traditional Chinese values, such as morality, responsibility and honesty in the interests of China’s future.
What was Japan's 'scorched earth' policy
When the Japanese destroyed factories, crops and infrastructure as they continued their relentless progress, leaving millions of Chinese homeless and without food.
Why did the CCP establish a base in the Shensi Province?
It was a secure place from KMT campaigns.
What is an example of a reason the foreigners could not see the full picture of what the CCP was doing?
Inability to speak Chinese, or because they were only allowed to see what CCP leaders allowed them to see.
What were the impacts of the destruction of dikes on the Yellow River Dam?
it led to a flood that delayed the Japanese advance but also led to the death of up to 1 million Chinese people and rendered millions more homeless
What is an example of Chiang’s ineffective social and economic reforms?
Some laws were passed banning child labor textile factories but were never enforced.
Spell the full name of the KMT.
K-u-o-m-i-n-t-a-n-g
Name one example of the CCP used propaganda.
The CCP accounts for the long march or the events in May 1935.
What was the impact of CCP members living upon the local peasant population?
Local people were given advice on personal hygiene and access to traditional Chinese remedies and, when resources allowed, modern medicines.
What were the impacts of the Tanggu Truce (what did it fail to do and what did it do)?
Chiang’s Nationalist government had formally recognized Japanese ownership of Manchuria and failed to stop Japanese raids on China.
Analyze the impact of Chiang’s poor economy and social reforms.
The impact of his poor social and economic reforms was as a result, conditions in factories and other Industrial establishments remained poor. The large peasant population saw no improvement in their living and working conditions, and the promised land redistribution never took place.
What was the name of Mao's book and when was it published?
Red Star over China, published in 1937
What was the impact of the propaganda used by the CCP?
It earned the CCP the respect, and subsequently, the support of large sections of the Chinese population, particularly the peasants.
What was the impact of the Rectification movement?
Up to 10, 00 people were killed for what Mao claimed was “individualism.”
What were the impacts of the Second Sino-Japanese war by the end of 1937?
The Chinese Nationalist Government was forced to retreat from Nanking to a base in western China, but it left many cities unprotected leading to them falling to Japanese brutal treatment. Which led to as many as 300, 000 deaths.
How did the KMT and CCP differ in how they attempted to justify their policies?
The KMT did nothing to justify their policies while the CCP used propaganda to gain support.
Statements from what fascist leaders made it clear that the primary purpose of the New Life Movement was to reinforce Chiang’s own power by encouraging loyalty and obedience to a single leader?
Hitler and Mussolini