PPT-Communist China – Mao – Deng Xiaoping

Plus some Soviet and US relationships Two Chinas 1949 PRC Mainland Republic of China Taiwan Taiwan holds legal status and UN recognition until 1979 Carter Communist China Goals Singleparty state led by Mao. HI 168: Lecture . 16. Dr. Howard Chiang. OVERVIEW. Democracy Wall: 1978-79. Democracy Movement: 1985-87. Third . Party Congress. Eastern Europe and the Road to June 4. Democracy Movement: 1987-89. June 4. 1. Elena Songster & Jessica Stowell, OU. The . Mao Cult. . Revering Mao in Tibet during the Cultural Revolution. Mao: Cult of Personality. Charismatic leadership. Mao becomes the preeminent leader. Mao’s Legacy. Key Questions. What was Maoism?. Who were the major figures in the PRC under Mao and what were the major events during his rule?. Who were the contenders to be his successor upon his death in 1976?. L/O – To identify the key features of Maoism and to explain how it influenced Mao’s rule in China. Lesson 1a – . Mao Ideology. Essential Question. What was . Mao Zedong Thought?. Learning . Outcomes - Students will:. 1949 - 1976. Outline. GMD-CCP Civil War (1946-1949). Recovery and Socialism (1949-1956). Rethinking the Soviet model (1956-1957). Great Leap Forward (1958-1961). Recovery & growing elite division (1962-5). Communist China. The . Good Years: 1949-1958. China Packet III, Assignment 1. Assignment 1. New Expectations. Once the Nationalists were defeated, . Chairman Mao Zedong . and China’s Communists brought changes to every village. When dedicated Communist Party members arrived in a village to enact changes, he or she (usually) had the support of grateful peasants. . L/O – To examine the . agricultural, industrial and . social reforms of the Communists between 1949-1957. What problems did Mao have in 1949?. Try to think about the legacy of the Second World War and Civil War on China. Xiaoping. Decline of Gang of Four. The largest political rivals to the pragmatists Zhou . Enlai. and Deng Xiaoping. Headed by Mao’s wife and 3 contemporaries who held positions of power (literary critic, rumored next premier, and political theorist). L/O – To identify how Mao took control of the CCP. Tasks. Make a timeline of Mao’s rise to power from 1919-1937. Include a brief description of each event (50 words max).. What were the most important events in Mao’s rise to power? Why? (try to identify at least 3 events). L/O – To explain the significance of the changes introduced by Deng . Xiaoping in the 1970s and 1980s. Deng Xiaoping. The Emergence of Deng. Between . 1976 and 1980 . the . moderates . slowly gained control of China. Deng Xiaoping . L/O – To examine the political, economic and social changes to China in the post-war reconstruction period. “Now I have power, what problems does China face?”. 中国人民从此站起来了. !. Political Fragmentation. Chiang Kai . Shek. Nationalists & Communists vs. Japan. People’s Republic of China - 1949. Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976). Son of wealthy farmers. Rejects Confucianism. Chairman of the CCP in 1935. Introductory Lesson . What does China mean to you? . What does this man mean to you? (if anything?) . Do you know any of these places? . B. C. D. A. E. F. Who was responsible for the most deaths…? . What factors contributed to the downfall of the Qing Dynasty?. Overpopulation. Food shortages (famine). Wars. Qing Dynasty. WARS. Opium War. The Chinese government took all of the opium the British had stored in the Chinese port of Canton..