The Chinese Revolution
By: Hope Trier, Maddie Thompson, and Emma Grindle
Geography
Second Sino-Japanese War
- Nanjing
- Shanghai
- Guangzhou
- Japanese troops overran eastern China
- Jiang's government retreated to the interior of China
- Jiang set up a new capital called Chongqing
- December 13, the Japanese marched into Nanjing
- This was an important cultural center and had been the capital before Chongqing
- Japanese killed thousands of soldiers and civilians
- Nanjing surrendered
- The Soviet union, Britain, France, and the USA assisted
- China was able to fend off its invaders which led to the end of the war with Japan
Society
May Fourth Movement
- Started to strengthen China once again
- Students started it
- Intellectual protest
Jiang Jiesh
- New nationalists leaders
- Determined to take down the communists
- Began the Northern Expedition to take out local communists warlords
Communists
- Red Bandits escaped the Northern Expedition
- Long March was to capture them
- Communism took over China in the end after the Pearl Harbor bombing
Mao and The Long March
- The Long March took place from 1934-1935. It was 6,000 miles long. Fighting Nationalist forces where led by Jiang Jieshi. He hoped that during the march he could exterminate communists. The Communists were relocating to a northwestern base. Their leader was Mao Zedong. The Long March is what helped established Mao's leadership of The Chinese Communist Party.
- On October 1st 1949 Mao declared the creation of The People's Republic of China.
- Mao led China until his death in 1976
- During Mao's dictatorship he killed a estimated 49-78 million people. Making him the deadliest dictator in history.
Jiang Jieshi after the revolution
- The Government of the Republic relocated to Taiwan after the creation of The People's Republic of China.
- Jiang Jieshi established the exiled government in Taipei which he led until he died in 1975.
Mao during the long march
Mao Zedong
Jiang Jieshi
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