1. Born in China – son of a peasant farmer Program to speed up Chinese econ. development
communism
containment Studied Marxism Created huge farms with almost 25,000 people
revolution Member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Grew crops - ran industries, schools and hospitals
peasant Founder of the Red Army Droughts and floods caused famine and disease
collective farm
Leader of the Long March (1934) 20 million deaths from 1958 - 1960
commune
famine Mao created and encouraged the Failure of this program created
Red Guards development of communism in China negative concerns among the people
human rights
Marxism
designed to remove opposition to the 100 acre square located in Beijing
the Long March
the Red Army Communist Party (CCP) in 1966 - 1969 College students held a protest for democracy and
Supporters of the revolution were the Red Guards human rights
Punished people who spoke out against the CCP/ Happened on June 4, 1989 – shown on TV around
Mao OR if they had Western ways, contacts, ideas the world – military killed 100’s and 1000’s injured
encouraged the Communist
created a distrust of the Communist government government to improve human rights/democracy
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