1
what extend the public opinion of the national government got affected by the oppium trade.
A/ Was increasingly accused of being corrupt .
They seem to be against it by raiding farms and arrest traders however they took control of the market of oppium
What was the final objective of the rectification movement?
A/ Secure mao’s position and remove potential opposition for the revolution
How were the two main factions of the CCP different from each other
Those who believed in the ideas that had lead to the may the fourth movement their long therm was to establish a western style democracy in China
Those who wanted China to experience a revolution similar to that which had occurred in Russia in 1917
Give at least one reason of why did Japan wanted to take over Manchukuo
Economic , political and strategic motivation
What were the pro’s of controlling the oppium trade
What were the pro’s of controlling the oppium trade
Who did mao blame for the violence during the rectification movement in 1944
A/ he blamed the LOCAL officials of the CCP , he point out their actions as excessive against the members
How did the long March helped the CCP gain support from the Chinese population
Propagada and dicipline
Give at least one difference between Japanese and Chiangs Nationalist forces at the start of the invasion ?
Chiangs armies were not prepared as the Japanese forces , Chiangs weapons were not as advanced as those of the Japanese
How similar the nationalist government became with European fascism
A/ started to censor press films and books. Also imprisonment to any person who would criticize the government of chiang
In which way did the urban Soviet resemble a Soviet society
A/ land was taken from landlord and distributed to poorer peasants
What were the immediate actions that the Chinese government took to escape the advising Japanese forces in 1937
Fell to a fast moving array to safer base in western China
Give one key way we’re the KMT and the CCP differ in their political power after 1937?
KMT governed from towns and cities , imposed great taxation
CCP focused on the rural areas and countryside used propaganda to promote themselves as the hero’s
What prevented the Chinese to have a revolution like the Russians
limited industrialization made them have a low quantity of working population
how did the proportion of workers and peasants affect the revolution
A/ China due to poor industrialization had a less number of workers, instead they had a lot of peasants, this peasants changed the strategies for the transition between the previous government and the new Soviet government.
What was the “scorched earth” policy ?
It was a policy that was used to destroy factories and crops and infrastructures
Two main destructive consequences of the nationalist government policies
Economic social disasters and military disasters
Was the positive impression that the foreigner had about the yenan Soviet accurate
A/ no they only saw what the CCP allowed them to see
What term is used to describe the Japanese policy against peasants resistance ?
scorched earth
Describe the organization phase ?
Is when leaders were sent to other villages and rural areas to repay the prices that had led to the establishment of the Yenan Soviet
What was the purpose of the demilitarized zones established near Peking in 1933-34
Protect Japans puppet state of Manchukuos