PPT-Manchuria Manchuria •   The Nationalist government of China led

by Chiang Kaishek was weak corrupt and busy fighting the Communists    Because of the Great Depression Japan wanted to build an empire to secure supplies of raw materials. INVADE. NATIONS. Japan Seeks and Empire. Militarists seized control of govt.. Did not try to establish new . govt. , restored control of . govt. to military . Emperor at the top. Military answers only to the emperor (and in future will help rule) . 1946-1949. Objectives. To determine which factors contributed to the ultimate victory of the CCP over the Nationalists in 1949. The Situation at the End of WWII. Despite the fact that the CCP had added to its numbers and strength during the war, the . Danyall Saeed, Elaine Ma, Nick Besley, and . Maddie. Alderfer (Group 1). Period 6. May 29, 2014. Mao Zedong- Danyall Saeed. Great Leap Forward & the Five-Year Plan- Elaine Ma. Bei . Dao- Nick Besley. China and India. Toward Revolution. Fall of Qing. . -. 1911: Revolutionary . Alliance (forerunner of Kuomintang) overthrew the last emperor of the Qing dynasty.. -. Fighting among groups for power. China. Collapses. Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves;. With our very flesh and blood Let us build our new Great Wall! . The Peoples of China are in the most critical time, Everybody must roar his defiance.. 1. 1918-1932. Emerged from WWI with strong economy. Began making democratic reforms. Hit hard by the Depression. Military Dictatorship takes control. 2. Japanese Goals of the 1930’s. Revive economy hit by Depression. L/O – To analyse the domestic and international responses to the invasion of Manchuria. The Significance of the Invasion. The invasion of Manchuria was a significant . turning point . for Japan and China, changing the . L/O - To examine the causes of the invasion and to identify its key features. Manchuria as a turning point. The invasion of Manchuria in . September 1931. was a turning point for Japan. It dramatically increased Japanese involvement in China, which would eventually result in the . The Rise of Maoist Communist . China. Video Introduction. 1. In 1912 Sun’s Revolutionary Alliance Overthrows the Qing Dynasty.. Causes. Many Chinese believed that China needed to modernize and nationalize.. 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.. General Li . Shimin. founded Tang dynasty. Named . Taizong. – “Great Ancestor”. Government. Chang’an . 1 Million people, including foreigners who were traders and merchants. 30 square miles. Pgs. 61-74. The League of nations in Manchuria. The LON WAS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION CREATED AFTER WW1 IN AN ATTEMPT TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND COOPERATION.. The LON . ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. L/O – To analyse the domestic and international responses to the invasion of Manchuria. The Significance of the Invasion. The invasion of Manchuria was a significant . turning point . for Japan and China, changing the . Edited By Mr. . Barkhau. Shamelessly stolen from: http://conaapwh.weebly.com/class-powerpoints.html. Communism: A General Overview. Socialism = the belief that the economy should be controlled by society, either directly or .