SGQ3

MWH p. 405-412



1. Revolution and the warlord era
a. Explain the three major crises of this era?

i. Europeans started to force their way into China

ii. Taiping rebellion

iii. China was defeated in a war with Japan
b. What was the immediate cause of the 1911 revolution?

China has no leader/ formal government

c. What were the two important positive developments that took place during the Warlord Era?
i. The May Fourth Movement began

ii. the Kuomintang grew stronger



2. The Kuomintang, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and Chiang Kai-shek
a. What were Sun Yat-sen's three goals for China?

i. nationalism

ii. democracy

iii. land reform

b. What three steps did Chiang take to consolidate power?

i. become leader of the KMT

ii. the northern march

iii. destroyed the communists



3. Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party
a. How did the Communists survive the extermination campaigns?

took to the mountains and then the long march

b. Why did Mao and the Communists gain support?

i. inneficiancy and corruption of KMT

ii. little improvement in factory conditions

iii. no improvement in peasant poverty

iv. no effective resistance to japan by KMT



4. Briefly summarize how the CCP won their struggle with the KMT, and give 2 reasons

their army became the most powerful b/c of backing from rusia and their increasing numbers