SGQ8

MWH p.415-420
How successful was Mao Zedong in dealing with China's problems?
a. Problems facing Mao
1.the contry was devastated after the war with Japan

2.Industry was backward

3.Control and organize a vast country with a population of over 600 million

b. the constitution of 1950
1. who/what had authority for all the main decisions?
the NPC
2. who was eligible to be elected?
communist party members
c. Agricultural changes - what were the two steps taken to collectivize Chinese peasants?
1.land was taken from large landowners and redristributed among the peasants

2.peasants were persuaded to join together in cooperative farms in order to increase food production

d. Industrial changes
1. who helped and was the model?
the russians
2. what evidence of success was there?
i.full communications had been restored

ii.inflation was under control

e. the Hundred Flowers campaign
i. what was a cadre?
group who organized the masses politicaly and economically
ii. why might the cadres be threatened by technicians and engineers?
they represented a new authority
iii. what was the solution?
the hundred flowers campaign
iv. how did that work out for the government?
it backfired
f. Summarize the two main features of the Great Leap Forward:
1.
The introduction of communes.
2.
A complete change of emphasis in industry.
3. what was the short term effect of the Great Leap Forward?
i.
some opposition in the communes
ii.
a series of bad harvests
iii.
withdrawl of all russian aid
4. what was the long term effect of the Great Leap Forward?
i.
agricultural and industrial production increased substantially
ii.
the population was fed without famine
iii.
the communes were succesful
g. the Cultural Revolution
1. briefly summarize the differences between the right wing and left wing views within the Party:
RIGHT-incentives were necessary for communes, the technitions should replace the cadres

LEFT-the maoists:pure marxism, the cadres should remain

2. who carried out the Cultural Revolution?
Mao and the youthful red gaurds
3. briefly describe the activities which made up the Cultural Revolution:
the red gaurds went totally out of control, attacking anyone with authority, mao called tehm back ina and blamed his adversaries and the red gaurd leaders for the chaos
4. what was the impact of the Cultural Revolution?
the economy lost ten years of developement but it recovered a little in the 70s