Wednesday, April 30, 2014

China 1900-1949


I will provide a reading to you for these questions in class Thursday. Remember to turnitin! 
  1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
  2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
  3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
  4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
  5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949. 

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  1. William Reis
    IB History
    4/30/14
    Ms.Noce

    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.

    There was a revolution in China because of population. Between 1741 nd 1841 the population increased over 200 million to a total of 410 million, what did this meant? It meant that China wasn't able to produce enough food, this caused to some percentage of the population to turn into bandits and rob food, this was a method of continuance. With this being said, Europeans countries took advantage of the trading in China, almost taking control of all the trading done there. Later on Japan also wanted to take advantage, in which they did by beating China in a war from 1894-1895, point is, China was losing land to Japan and their government was falling apart. In 1911, the government tried improve the population by promising a new democracy. “The revolution began among soldiers in Wuchang in october 1911, and most provinces quickly declared themselves independent of Beijing.” (Chapter 19 China 1900-49). The consequences of the revolution was in 1915 where in China it was announced that Monarchy once again was going to rule China, this was a mistake because the majority of the population saw the new government as a “backward step”. The army turned their back on the emperor and forced him to

    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.

    The Kuomintang was also mentioned as the “National People’s Party” (Chapter 19 Chine 1900-49), this party was formed by Dr Sun Yat-sen, he wanted to create a very different way of government, different from other countries, but it took him years to make that happen, it took him about 5 years to create these changes. His idea all were thought by influences, but at the same time he had so little power to make these changes happen also this new party was not a communist. Dr Sun had three proposition he wanted to make it happen, one he wanted nationalism in China, he wanted China to be a strong/powerful country Two, Sun thought that China should be ruled by people in which this sums up to democracy, at last, land reform. With this being said, at some point Sun gained so much respect as a ‘revolutionary leader’ but when he passed away in 1925, progress wasn't at its best.

    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?

    I agree with Chiang Kai-shek being a disappointment to the population of China. So Chiang took place of Sun when Sun passed away, Chiang was chosen to be the leader because he had military experience and he was a strong nationalist to his country. When he became the leader, Russian government helped guide Chiang and Russia thought that by doing this, both countries would no have no problem with each other. Once Chiang was established as a strong leader, in 1926 he went to the northern part of China to get rid of warlords. This also meant the take over of certain strips of land like Hankow or Shanghai. The best land that was captured was the land of Beijing because this particular land was used to increase the amount of job in the industrial section. In 1927, Chiang thought that Communists with major power were becoming more and more powerful and he wanted to put a stop to this. He put a stop to is by attacking thousands of communists and taking over their lands and this puts the warlords back in control again. At the end, Chiang failed to achieve 2 propositions, he failed to build a new democracy and land reform, this is why he was a disappointment to the Chinese population.

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  2. 4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?

    I would agree with this statement to the point where atomic bombs were dropped in the main cities of Japan which were Hiroshima and Nagasaki but before that, Mao Zedong had a strong role in the communist party, he managed to expand the communism throughout China, he managed to overtake Chiang at some point. In 1934 he created a ‘long march’ where over 90 thousand communists set out to expand land, they managed to expand/cover over 5 thousand miles in a little more than a year, unfortunately only about 20 thousand communists survived till the end and they settled down at a base named Yenan, they say it was the last communist base there was left. At the end i would kind of disagree with the statement, because Mao Zedong was doing his own thing separately from the Kuomintang.

    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.

    The Communists were able to come to power thanks to the United States and the Russians. After World War II, they both helped KMT and CCP take over areas that were taken over by the Japanese during the war and with so many support, in 1948 the communists were in such a large group that they were able to attack Chiang’s army, in 1949 CCP took over Beijing which was the Nationalists main strip of land due to industrie/resources. With this being said, Chiang did not surrender, but he did vanish away to Taiwan leaving KMT in control of China’s main land. At the end, KMT and CCP were both fighting for power in China, KMT was defeated by CCP, the KMT admnistration became corupt and powerless on the other hands, CCP continued to become more and more popular y the help of officials and their administration was honest and fair for the population of China.

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  3. Victor Harris
    Ms.Noce
    May 1,2014
    I.B History 11

    1.Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and asses the consequences of that revolution.
    -China wanted to be independent, they wanted to be peaceful and wanted no trouble from other nations. But either way they still faced problems. In 1741 through 1841, China's population had grew to 140 million to a rapid growth of 410 million. Before the revolution there were a lot of wars that lead up to it, like the Opium war, Taiping Rebellion, and the battle with Japan in which they lost. To make up for these causes government tried "introducing reforms, promising democracy and setting up elected provincial assemblies. The consequence was Yuan, who was a leader but made China a monarchy which was setting China back, which caused problems and the army which went against him.



    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists(Kuomintang)so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911
    -The Kuomintang had little power with Canton, were Dr.Sun Yat-Sen set up government in the 1917. Even though that the KMT wasn't with the communist they were free willing to help out with the communists. He had three principles which was nationalism, democracy and land reform. For these three things Sun was getting respect but later died in 1925, but even so when he was in power didn't do a good job. The KMT army was built up, and Sun relied "on alliances with sympathetic warlords, and he had difficulty exercising any authority outside the south". This is why it took the KMT long to establish their authority over China.



    3. Chiang Kai-Shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointed to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    -Reading about Chiang Kai-Shek, to me he did a decent job but a better job than Sun. He tried to follow the principles that he had but only got to one which was nationalism. Good things he did was take control of other places, and "he set out on the Northern March to destroy the warloads of central and northern China". He also captured a person named Shanghai which helped the industrial workers. So to me he did great things and tried to do Sun's three principles but only got to do nationalism by doing the same thing Sun did. The fair assessment that I'll give Chiang is decent.



    4.The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    -Well I will say the shortcoming of the Kuomintang is the reason of the communist victory in 1949. I would say this because of the first two leaders who were Dr.Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek. Even before Mao Zedong became a leader, the three principles nationalism, democracy and land reform. If those three was up to date maybe the communist wouldn't had lost. Mao should great leadership in my opinion and proved that with a lot of supporters. If he wasn't a leader and showed how smart he is..the communist wouldn't had got that far. So I believe it was the Kuomintang short comings for not being prepared.

    5.Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    -Japan was defeated in 1945 but still the KMT and CCP were still tangling with each other. The reason why the CCP won was because of the popular support they had. They were more honest and fair and would treat the people right. Would let people which were called peasents to rent. You can say that the CCP had more respect than the KMT. The KMT were "inefficient and corrupt", and was mostly by the American Aid. KMT were poor and not very which why most liked the CCP. Knowing this Mao and Zhou knew they had a bad army and brought theirs up. This is how the CCP won against the KMT.

    Work cited:
    Chapter 19 China,1900-49

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    1. I'm sorry Victor.. I'm on a 'first blog post' streak! lmfao

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  4. Dianna Colon
    IB History 11
    Ms.Noce

    1. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - There were many reasons as to why there was a revolution in China. The main reason is that since there was peace in China, many people came in to live there. The population increased from 140 million to 410 million in one year. Due to this increase, there was a problem in the making of food for subsistences. The outcome of this problem was that a lot of people started banditries and robbing in order to survive. This caused foreigners to go into China and the revolution started. The consequences of the revolution were that: the British defeated China in the Opium wars and made her give them Hong Kong, the government failed, Japan defeated China, the Boxer Rising was defeated, and China was left in a bad condition.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - It took the Kuomintang so long to establish their authority over China because they had only a little power outside of Canton, which is where the government was located. Another reason he did not have as much power is because he was not a general. He didn’t have a built up communist party so he found it difficult to find countries to ally with, and it was also hard for him to make any decisions that had to do with the outside of the South.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - I would agree with the claim that Chiang Kai-Shek’s Kuomintang government was disappointment because he did not make moves to approach land reform or democracy. Also, he decided to defeat his ally’s because they were too strong and did not decide to achieve all of Sun’s principles.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - I agree with the claim that the communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong for many reasons. The Kuomintang was more into interesting landowners, bankers, and industrialists than into making an organized mass support. Due to this, Mao Zedong decided to win support from people. Mao Zedong was satisfying people more than the Kuomintang was. The Kuomintang struggled for power but were able to take over most of Japan with the help of Americans. But, Mao and the communists stepped up to Chiang and eventually make victory.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - Popular support was the main reason why the communists achieved power in China in 1949 because due to their actions of wanting to organize mass powers, they were able to persuade and win the people’s support, which helped them get closer and having more reasons to defeat the Kuomintang and achieve victory.

    Source: Chapter 19: China, 1900-49 packet

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  5. Dinia Clairveaux
    Ms. Noce
    IB History
    5/2/14

    China


    Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    There was a revolution in China in 911 because the of the new ideas that young Chinese people who were educated abroad brought back to China. They returned with revolutionary ideas of dethroning the Manchu Dynasty and also westernizing China. And wanted to have a Democratic state like the United States. when these ideas were presented to the public the government react towards them by developing reforms, made a promise to make China a democracy and also setting up elected provincial meeting. These new ideas did not function well with the provinces because they went and distance themselves from the central government .
    Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    It took the Nationalist so long to establish their authority over China because, after the revolution of 1911 china was broke down into many different states. Which were being controlled by warlords, And also China was feeling humiliated by Japan due to her now possession of the Shandong province , which was given to them by the Versailles treaty. The young college students went on strike and a whole conflict took place. Due to all of these events occurring after the rev. of 1911 it was hard for the Nationalist to gain authority.
    Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I would agree as far was e wanted to gain power n China and he had well influence the people. But he should have seen that there was going to be a problem with his plans when he decide to betray the communist. He many have not been a communist but to the Chinese people he was viewed as one due to his association with them. When he went against them that was viewed as betrayal. After he attained power he went and murdered thousands of people in the process to active his goal.

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  6. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I would agree as far as Mao did not really do anything to attain the position he had gotten he only gain influence because he became leader of the communist. War wise it was all due to Kai-shek that he even got notice and also the will power of the communist party The community worked hard to advance forward from the KMT. Mao set a goal that he had gotten lucky he reached which left a trail of deaths in it glory.
    Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    The communist achieve their power from the help of the U.S and Russia. If it wasn't for there help Kai-shek wouldn't had had any military training to teach the communist. And When the communist went and rebelled against Kai-shek and express their determination in defeating Kai-shek army, the chinese people were impressed and they gained a lot of respect. I seem it was also due to Mao speeches and also his connection with the peasants which Kai-shek does not possess. When Kai-shek got vanished to Taiwan there was no army to stop Mao and the communist power so they grew in numbers. The Japan attack wasn't enough to stop the two groups from fighting each other because after Japan got dealt with the fighting resume and Mao got more powerful.With this pushes the start of the Chinese Cultural revolution.

    source: China 1900-49 packet

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  7. Junior Fanfan
    Ms.Noce
    IB History


    1.Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    The reason there was a revolution in china was because china felt that many nations were taking advantage of them like during the opium war they forced china to hand over Hong Kong and allow people to do trades at certain ports. there was also the taiping rebellion and that china was defeated by Japan in 1894. the chinese also became discriminated and lost many territories to Japan. the consequences of the revolution was the china was turning into a monarchy. they had a new emperor Yuan. Japan also took control of china that was sort of like punishment towards the chinese.
    2.Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    The Kuomintang which was also known as the nationalists was formed by Dr. Yat-sen. He wanted to be different from other governments countries had. His idea's just didn't happen instantly it took some time. It took him 5 years to make his changes happen. He wanted china to be strong and powerful country. He thought that the government should be like a democracy where the people had a say in what was going on. But when he died everything changed.
    3.Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I agree that chiang Kai-shek career was a disappointment because he didn't do as many things as Dr. Yat-sen did. Also Chiang Kai-shek decide not to achieve the same goals as sun's. Instead he took the easy way out and took out his allies because the became stronger than him and china.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree that Mao Zedong didn't do as much to keep his position. He got influenced when he became leader of the communist. In war perspective it was all up to Kai-shek. Also Kai-shek had the power from the communist. But Mao Zedong left a trail of death because he set a goal and he reached it but for him to have done that he had to kill many people in the process.
    5.Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    The communists achieved power in china during 1949 because their actions to organize their powers, they also persuade people and got their support with all this happening this gave them more reason and support to defeat the Kuomintang and take power.

    Work cited: chapter 19: China, 1900-19

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  8. Samantha Foster
    IB History
    Ms. Noce
    5-3-14
    China 1900-1949

    1.Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    Influence from the outside world was what led to the revolution of China in 1911. There were many young Chinese people who traveled overseas to other countries and received an education there in the early 20th century. They returned to China with ideas of westernizing China and getting rid of the Manchu dynasty. These new ideas however, caused Chinese provinces to separate themselves from the central government and in October 1911, many provinces declared themselves independent from Beijing.

    2.Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    It took the Kuomintang a while to establish authority over China because their leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, was only successful in establishing a government at Canton in Southern China in 1917. Although his ideas were very persuasive, Yat-sen had little authority outside the Canton area.

    3.Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I would say that Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang was a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. In this whole career, he only managed to reach Sun Yat-sen’s principle of nationality. He failed to achieve Sun Yat-sen’s principles of democracy and land reform. He also betrayed his allies which were the communists and launched a purification movement which resulted in the deaths of communists, trade union, and peasant leaders.

    4.The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I think that the communist victory in 1949 was mostly due to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang. China had rough relations with the USSR because of Chiang Kai-shek’s campaigns against communists. The CCP also grew in numbers and were able to take on Chiang and his forces head on. Chiang and his army eventually fled to Taiwan, leaving Mao in command of China.

    5.Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    The main reason why the communist achieved power in China in 1949 was because of the support that they gained. They won the support of many because the communists were well organized and structured. Their army was well trained and their administration was sincere and just. The KMT administration however, was corrupt and inadequate. They took advantage of the financial aid America provided for them with most of it ending up in the pockets of KMT officials. The KMT also used terrorism as a means to force local populations into submission. This backfired and caused areas to become even more isolated.

    Works Cited:
    China, 1900-1949 packet

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  9. 1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - Well, the Chinese had kept to themselves for a long period of time with no foreign involvement, which led to their population increasing at a high rate. It rose from somewhere around 140 million to 410 million in only 100 years. With this population growth it made it hard to feed and supply all the people, which led to poverty. All this poverty led to European involvement, which led to the revolution. The consequences were that provinces declared themselves separate from Beijing. During the revolutionary war china had broke into two different sides also.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - It was said that, “the survival of China lay with the Kuomintang.” They wanted to create a more modern, united and democratic China, but only being set up in the south it was hard to enforce power especially since they weren’t communist. But the nationalist had gained respect with the three principles a guy named Sun has come up with. But they had little army support, they had to depend on warlords, which was a problem because again it was hard to enforce authority outside the south.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920’s, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - Well I wouldn’t say this is all true but I would say this does come to a point where it did become disappointing to Chiang. I know he was leader of the KMT after Sun had died and he was receiving support from the Russians because they hoped to have a good alliance with them. Chiang had did his research on communist. He became anti-communist after that but still allied with them for a short period of time where he noticed them becoming to strong. But for the most part KMT was a disappointment to Chiang.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - I would agree with this statement because the KMT didn’t have that much support as the CCP did. KMT had lost the USSR support due to Chiang being anti-communist. So the CCP had more numbers than them, which was good in their aspect of the war because it gave them the upper hand and was key to defeating the KMT.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - Well the Japanese had lost the war and Americans were hoping that the KMT would be successful in defeating the CCP. They offered support by helping them take over areas the Japanese had took except for Manchuria, which the Russians had took and offered their assistance to the CCP. CCP were more tactical than the KMT were. The KMT had a problem just like Hitler, they didn’t know how to surrender so this led Chiang’s scattered armies to surrender without resistance.

    Work Cited:
    China, 1900-49 packet

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  10. Mu Ying Yu
    IB World History 11
    Ms. Noce
    May 4, 2014
    China 1900-1949

    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    -- There was a revolution in China in 1911 because of the new ideas brought to the government. Those new ideas are reforms, democracy and setting up elected provincial assemblies. They brought new culture into China which was western culture because during the time period many young chinese students had studied at foreign countries and they brought back new cultures to westernize China. They introduce a new form of government democracy and setting up elected provincial assemblies but did not success at all. They tried to help but instead they are moving backward and making things more worse which lead to revolution.
    2. Explain why it took Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    -- It took Nationalist (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911 because it was just right after the revolution, China disintegrated into different states. By the time Dr Sun Yat-sen wanted to create a modern, united, democratic China. His ideas influence people and successfully set up government in Canton China but there was one obstruct which he did not had enough power. The KMT was preparing to cooperate with the communist to to had their own government organization and armies.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920’s, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    -- I would agree that this is a disappointment because on his way to achieve his goal, he had killed many people and betray the country. He had his plans about what to do but he did not implement any of it. Even though he had influence many people in China but he has not fulfilled his promise.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership to Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    -- I agree that the communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was the leadership to Mao Zedong because the KMT was focusing on the interest relationship with other countries or other businesses but instead focusing on these relationship Mao turn his focus on the people. Even though the KMT with the help from the US had took down most of Japan but still Mao lead the communists step on the road to victory.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    -- Popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieved power in China in 1949 because of the help they gain from other countries, for example the United States and Russia. Without these help there will be no advance military training. Communists was well organize and with well trained armies but the KMT was the opposite from the communists. The two groups went into fight that nothing can stop and not even the Japan attack. However Mao got more powerful after the attack and with these power had move the upcoming action one step forward.

    Work Cited:
    * Chapter 19 -- China, 1900-49

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  11. Miladys Florentino
    Ms.Noce

    #1.Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - There was a revolution in China due to the feeling that numerous countries were exploiting them like throughout the opium war they constrained china to hand over Hong Kong and permit individuals to do exchanges at specific ports. Additionally, the Chinese got separated and lost numerous domains to Japan. Such outcomes were the transformation of China having independence from the central government. Japan then took over China which was the worst thing that happened, they were forced to give up land, basically banning the Chinese from their motherland.
    #2.Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - Nationalists (Kuomintang) took so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution in 1911 due to the fact that Dr. Sun Yat-sen wanting to create a modern, united, democratic state. He succeeded in setting up an administration at Canton in southern China. His plans were compelling however he had next to no force outside the Canton region. The KMT, was not a communist party, even though despite the fact that it was ready to co-work with the communists and created its own particular gathering association along comrade lines, and in addition developing its own particular armed force. Sun was well respected, but once he passed away his aims towards achieving his principles weren’t giving barely any progress.While the KMT, armies were built up, Sun had to rely on alliances, and he had difficulty exercising any authority outside the south.
    #3.Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang was a disappointment towards the Chinese individuals. Chiang, only figured out how to achieve Sun Yat-sen's rule of nationality. Which he neglected to accomplish Sun Yat-sen's standards of majority rule government and area change .Additionally, sold out his associates which were the communists and propelled a purification movement which brought about the passing of communists, exchange union, and worker pioneers.
    #4.The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership to Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership to Mao Zedong, since the KMT barely had any support from the CCP.KMT had lost the USSR help because of Chiang being hostile to-socialism. Due to this ,the CCP had a larger amount of numbers, which was great in their part of the war in light of the fact that it provided for them the upper hand and was key to crushing the KMT.
    #5.Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - The main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949 was due to popularity and due to them needing to sort out mass forces, they could induce and win the individuals help, which helped them get closer and having more motivations to abolish the Kuomintang and attain triumph.
    Source:
    Chapter 19: China, 1900-1949 Packet

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  12. William Portorreal
    IB History
    Ms. Noce

    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    There were many things that happened that led up to the revolution in china. Since the population had rose rapidly food production at the times was not enough so it led to people committing crimes such as robbery as a way to survive. Foreigners went to china to take advantage of trade, for example British took over Hong Kong and got to trade with china. There was the taiping rebellion and china had lost to Japan in a war a couple years after which resulted in the lost of territory for china. The consequence was that the provinces detached themselves even more from the central government and Yaun Shikai was left as the dictator.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    The Kuomintang was formed in 1912 by Dr Sun Yat-sen and its purpose was to unite china back together. Even though his ideas were very influential he had little power everywhere in china except canton. Dr Sun Yat-sen had three main goals nationalism, democracy, and land reform but since he was not a general when he died there was barley any progress on his ideas.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I agree with this statement because chiang kai-shek had failed to succeed in democracy and land reform under the KMT. Also it said that he was an anti-communist and was against warlords/landlords but I feel like he was trying to gain power until he eventually became the leader of china. I say this because he had an alliance with Russia and he turned against them because he felt that the communist were becoming too powerful, so I think that he himself wanted the most power.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree because the CCP and the KMT had a huge difference between the number of people in each group. Also the KMT lost support from Russia because chaing –kai-shek was an anti communist so he turned on them which gave the CCP and even more advantage.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    Popular support was the main reason why they were able to achieve power in china because Russia and America had aided china and the communists took advantage of it. I think the communists were much smarter and had better strategies than the KMT and the communists themselves noticed it and took advantage. The KMT army was poorly paid compared to the CCP which made it easier for the CCP to keep fighting and recruit strong people. Without popular support the war would have been much harder for both sides because as we saw the KMT barley had any support compared to the CCP and they resulted in the loss of the war.

    Works cited: chapter 19 china, 100-49, class handout

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  13. Jerilys S.
    IB World history
    Ms.Noce
    China

    1) Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - In the beginning of the 19th century, China was isolated from the world. Everything changed in the middle of the century because China faced many crises. One of the reasons was that the population increased to around 400 million more people. This was bad because many people started stealing for survival because there was not enough food for subsistence. Europeans and other foreigners took advantage of the situation and invaded China for trading possibilities. This revolution caused China to hang over territory such as Hong Kong, lost trade ports, lost power in the government and many people were harmed and killed.

    2) Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - It took Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911 because Dr Sun Yat-sen, a trained doctor, had little power outside of Canton. He wanted to transform China into a more modern and democratic country. He only succeeded in making a government in Canton, which explains why he did not have a lot of power outside of there. After he came up with three principles, a lot of people supported him and he became a revolutionary leader to many. The principles were to build a strong China, for China to be respected abroad and for China to be ruled by the citizens. After he passed away on 1925, people did not make the principles succeed. I can assume it was because they needed the leader to lead them.

    3) Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - I totally agree with the assessment that states that Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment. The reason I claim this is because he took over a government with the vision of democracy and more support for landowners.He did not meet these principles that Sun had established which I mentioned above. In addition, he was anti-communist and he tried to made their lives miserable because they got expelled from the KMT and many were massacred.

    4) The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - As mentioned above, the shortcomings of the Kuomintang were that they did not accomplish democracy or more support for the landowners. The leadership of Mao Zedong and the shortcomings of the Kuomintang are the reason the communist gained victory in 1949. Both failed to accomplish their goals and the communists took advantage of this. The communists gained support from the people because there was no improvement in the conditions of factories, the KMT did not put up an effective resistance to the Japanese and it was very corrupted, and there was no improvement for the poverty..In other words, the communists gained victory because of other people’s mistakes.

    5) Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - Popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949. I claim this because as mentioned above, if it wasn’t for the people’s support the communists wouldn’t been so powerful.

    Workcited:
    - CH19 packet

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  14. Stephanie Santiago
    May 4, 2014
    IB History
    Ms. Noce
    China 1900-49
    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - A revolution took place in China mainly because they had struggled a lot of difficulty, during the time their was a huge increase of population. Because of all of that they found themselves having a limited amount of resources which made it hard to survive. They obligated villeins to start committing robbery in order to survive. The outcome to the revolution was foreigners entering China so that they could basically take over their trading. Britain defended China during the Opium wars but also had demanded them to give Hong Kong up so that the can trade at ports. The west had enough power in different ports and towns. Another result was the Taiping Rebellion which mostly took place in the south of China. The taiping rebellion was made up of a Christian and political movement resulting to what they considered a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace”. They were overpowered by the new regional armies, they had no control what so ever due to that. Another effect was when Japan defeated China they were to give them all their territory. That also led European countries to own land from China. The Chinese rebellion which opposed foreigners was demolished by an international army, the Empress had to pay back for any damages done in China.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - It took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) long to establish their authority over China because Dr Sun Yat-sen was horrified of the separation of China. He wanted to create a democratic state. He had decided to establish a government in the South of China in Canton. He was a brilliant man who had great plans but just wasn’t very powerful. He had three main goals he wanted to conquer which were: nationalism, democracy and land reform. They were all basically so that China could be strong and powerful over their country. Dr Sun Yat-sen was a well respected political and revolutionary leader. After he died in 1925, everything had gone down hill, none of his plans were reached since he wasn’t very popular.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - I agree that this a fair judgement of Chiang Kai-shek’s career because he was known as very popular man and an anti-communist. But he also could have tried his best to support his Kuomintang government and help his Chinese people. By the looks he failed to help the Chinese people since he only accomplished one out of three principles which Dr Sun Yat-sen’s had ordered to achieve before his death. All he achieved was nationalism which was getting rid of foreigners in China making China a better strong, respected and united country.

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  15. 4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - I agree that the communist victory was similar to the failures of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong, he failed in several ways. Since the KMT didn’t have much to offer the since they mainly focused on bankers, landowners and industrialists instead of arranging mass support which led Mao to gain support. Another failure was the poor factory conditions, they didn’t change they continued as before. Mao really didn’t seem to make any improvements to the communist just like the kuomintang attempted to but failed.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - The communists had gained popularity support due to land policy which often changed because of the needs of certain areas. The KMT were very much corrupted and failed badly, they were in charge of paying off the wars by printing extra money but failed and caused trouble for the middle class citizens. Since they caused so much trouble the CCP leaders, Mao Zedong and Zhou En-lai got involved to strengthen the KMT’s weaknesses. The communist had established more capable strategeic soldiers rather than the KMT.
    - Sources: Packet #19

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  16. Jalexis Ruiz
    IB History
    Ms.Noce


    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    The reason for revolution in China was because its population. China’s population increased 140 million to 410 million in one year. But china had a problem because they weren’t producing food. This all caused people to start robbing for food so that they could be able to survive. Then Opium War had “forced” China to hand over Hong Kong and to let them trade at certain ports. Then came Taiping Rebellion and China was then defeated and was forced to hand over their “territory” to Japan then things changed.


    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    It took the Nationalists so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911 because Dr Sun Yat-Sen wanted created a modern, united, democratic state. He had set up the government in Canton China and had some authorities outside of Canton China. He had three principles Nationalism, democracy, and land reform. From those things he gained respect but then later on he had died in 1925. Then KMT armies were built and they had to rely on “ alliances with sympathetic warlords” and he had problems with other authority outside of the south thats why the KMT took so long to establish their authority over china after the revolution of 1911.


    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I agree that Chiang Kai-Shek career was a disappointment because he did not do most of the things that Dr Sun Yat-Sen did. Chiang Kai-Shek decided betray the communist. He didn’t accomplish the three principles that Sun did. He didn’t get to accomplish democracy, land reform only nationalism.


    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree with the claim that the communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcoming of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. The reason for that is because the KMT didn’t have that much support. Mao Zedong had his focus on the people, he lead the people to the road of victory.



    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    Popular support was the main reason why the communist were able to achieve power in China in 1949 because they had a lot support and it wasn’t for that they wouldn’t be so powerful.

    Work cited:
    Chapter 19 packet

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  17. Dimas A. Amezquita
    IB History
    Ms. Noce
    May 4, 2014

    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - The Chinese kept themselves of not doing any foreign involvements, which they were trying to keep themselves away, but it led their population to increase from about 140 million to 410 million in almost 100 years. It was hard for the Chinese to supply their people with foods and other supplies, and all this led to most of the Chinese people to become poor. With poverty happening throughout China, Europeans were involved with the Chinese situation with them taking advantage and invaded China for their trading, which eventually led to a revolution in China. The consequences of the revolution were Chinese provinces that took themselves away from Beijing and were separated from each other, and it had China being separated by two different sides.

    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - The reason of the Kuomintang taking so long to establish their authority over China was because their leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen did not have a lot of authority and had little authority outside of their government in Canton. Another reason is probably he was not a general. Dr. Sun Yat-sen did not create a communist party and it was difficult for him of finding other countries to become his allies, and it was also difficult for him to make any decisions outside of Southern China.

    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    - I really do agree with the claim that Chiang Kai-Shek’s government was disappointing for the Chinese people because in his whole career of leading the Chinese government, he only did for the government was reaching Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s principles of nationality. He failed to accomplish Sun Yat-sen’s principles of democracy and land reform. He also betrayed his own allies or communists and he had a purification movement, which ended up with many deaths like some communists, trade unions, and peasant leaders during the movement. That is why Chiang Kai-Shek and his Kuomintang government was a disappointment to most of their Chinese people.

    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - I agree with the statement because KMT did not have any help or support from anyone as much as the CCP did. KMT was losing support from the USSR because Chiang was being anti-communist. The CCP was growing and it was their big advantage to defeat Chiang and the KMT. Eventually, Chiang and KMT fled to Taiwan and left Mao Zedong as a commander for China.

    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    - I think the main reason of why the communist were able to achieve power in China in 1949 was because they were gaining a lot of support and took it advantage. They got so much support mostly from the USSR because the communist were organized and a well structured group. Their army was well trained and they were more tactical. The KMT did not take advantage of their financial aids they were getting from America to defeat CCP, but it mostly ended up in many of KMT officials’ pockets, and it backfired them because CCP with their support from the USSR was able to defeat the KMT by taking advantage of the financial help that the USSR were giving. All this led Chiang and his scattered armies to surrender without any resistance and the CCP or the communist were able to achieve power in China in 1949 from the KMT.

    Work Cited:
    Chapter 19: “China, 1900-49” Packet

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  18. Germairy Roman
    Ms. Noce
    IB History 11
    5/4/14

    1.Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    China was separating itself from the rest of the world in the beginning of the nineteenth century and they were in peace for awhile. When the mid-nineteenth century came around China was faced with some trouble. During China's period of peace the population was growing quickly. The population grew from 140 million to 410 million. The growth in population made it difficult to produce the necessary amount of food. This prompted people to turn to robbery and banditry in order to survive. Consequence were China no longer being united. Many provinces decided to separate themselves from Beijing. Also two Chinese parties went against each other. Those parties were the KMT and the CCP.

    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    The Kuomintang was formed in 1912 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. His vision as to unite China, create a self-government, and get respect for China. The problem in all of this was that Sun Yat-sen didn't have much authority. Sun was able to create a government in Canton which was in southern China in 1917. His ideas were positively perceived but Sun didn't have much power outside of the Canton area. Sun also created three principles which weren't very successful due to his little authority. Sun was also not a general which played a part in his principles not being heard in other areas of China.

    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I agree that Chiang's KMT government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. After Sun Yat-sen died, General Chiang Kai-shek became the leader of the KMT. He didn't peruse the views that Sun had before he died and I feel like that's wrong. Chiang didn't try to fulfill Sun's three principles and was also anti-communist. Chiang was right-wing while Sun was left-wing. I found it weird that Chiang's kept the KMT alliance going with communists but he removed all left-wingers from leading positions in the party. Apparently, I read that Chiang fulfilled one of Sun's principles which was nationalism but failed to fully fulfill the other two which were democracy and land reform.

    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree with this assement. The KMT didn't have as much support as the CCP had. The KMT lost support from Russia due to Chiang Kai-shek becoming anti-communist. The CCP gained help from the Russians. The KMT had help from the USA but it was mainly just to occupy countries. The CCP were more successful than the KMT. Overtime, the KMT began to deintegrate while the CCP didn't.

    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    The CCP was able to achieve power in China in 1949 because of their views and allies. The KMT were more about occupying countries while the CCP weren't. Russia left Chiang after he turned anti-communist. Russia then went to the CCP. Russia was a huge help to CCP. The KMT were falling apart while the CCP got stronger.

    Work Cited - Packet 19 China, 1900-49

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  19. ESSAY
    Carlos Callejas
    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    China began falling apart during the 19th century, after the population grew to the point there was not enough food being produced, the Europeans took over trading in China and lost the war with Japan, losing modern day Taiwan. It could also be said that a reason the Chinese fell easily to the Europeans was the technological disadvantage they had as a result of their isolation policy. Moreover, the situation of China lead young people to study abroad, who came back with revolutionary ideas and ambitions. These crises made the people angry at their inefficient and outdated government, and as a consequence China’s provinces separated themselves from the government. Finally in 1911 the last dynasty fell. The main consequence of the revolution was that, trough his agreement, Yuan Shikai came to power as a dictator, unrest began spreading among provinces regarding their view of government, and Japan took advantage of the turmoil and issued the twenty-one demands.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    Mainly, the seat of government was already taken by Yuan Shikai so before anyone could take over China, his government had to end. He lost his following in 1916 because of his desire to return to monarchy so his government ended, he died that same year. Now that the last person somewhat capable of keeping China together died, every single province or state went into war with everyone else in hopes of taking China. The Kuomintang, lead by Dr. Sun Sat-Yen was a small party with little power outside Southern China. They had to take the time to gain support from the people, and build alliances and partnerships to become powerful enough to gain control further north. This time consuming process made the Kuomintang take longer to get more authority.
    3. Chiang Kai-Shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointed to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    He had good intentions and ideas, but his execution was poor to be honest. He had potential; he was a young military general and a fervent nationalist. When he took power, he established more of a dictatorship rather than the democracy the KMT promised. He purged Communists and took over their lands, which is not what a land reform is (to give land back to the people instead of businesses). And moreover, he relied on businesses who controlled land taken from the people, further hindering any progress towards the land reform objective.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree with the statement. The KMT was better off under the administration of Dr. Sun rather than the Militaristic and far-right Chiang. These disappointments towards the Chinese people made it easier for the Communists (lead by Mao) to gain favor from the people and have an advantage over the KMT to take China. I don’t fully agree with Mao’s strong leadership, his main skill was with propaganda and convincing the people, not entirely with leading them in the right direction. He also succeeded in turning the CCP into a more formal power with help from the Russians, but that is about it.

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  20. 5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    I like to say that there are two halves in a war: the first one is having the support to fight it, the second is to actually fight the war.
    That support does not necessarily limit to your country, it can come from others. In this case, the Communists had Russia on their side, literally since Russia and Northern China are neighbors, which facilitated sending physical support to the CCP. Moreover, the CCP were good at exploiting the errors of the KMT at the time to convince people to trust and join the Communist Party. With these two main supports, from the people of China and the government of Russia (a more advanced world power) the Communists were able to take China from the trembling (weakened if ye don’t catch me meaning) hands of the KMT.
    SOURCE: Packet. Chapter 19: China 1900-1949.

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  21. 1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    First, a revolution is when citizens overthrow their own government. As we know China had a revolution 1911. The reason for such violence was because at the time the government of China wasn't taking any lead in defending China. Citizens of China felt that the government wasn't trying their full effort in protecting China. They felt this way because out of all the battles between Japan and China, China lost multiple territories. Japan would always win the battles. The citizens of China felt that maybe China could have made some type of effort by making alliances with other countries. Some of the consequences of the revolution in China was putting an end to the imperial system. The people from the south part of China started revolutions opposing to the Qing Dynasty. This is how the southerners got to be a part of the Republic of China.

    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    Doc. Sun created a democratic state in Canton in 1917. It took the nationalists so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911 because they were very limited with their power outside of Canton. Another reason why the nationalists took so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911 was because Doc. Sun wasn’t a general. He had to depend on his allies to get task done.

    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    I think that it is fair to say that Chiang Kai-shek’s career was a disappointment. I think this because one, he was in a communists group but yet he was an anti-communist. He, being an anti-communist is a disgrace. How are you a leader of something you don’t believe in? On top of that he put the communists in great danger and 25000 died. One last reason why I think his career was a disappointment was because he didn’t really accomplish anything. He didn’t accomplish 2 of Doc. Sun’s principles; democracy and land of reform. However, he started to build more schools and roads but he never finished what he started.

    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    I agree that the communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. I agree with this because with that little incident that Chiang did when 250000 people died this caused the USSR to stop supporting the KMT. The CCP had more support and more people able to defend themselves.

    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    Popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949 because China was in an alliance with Russia. When Doc. Sun was in power Russia was the one who kept China on some type of a good country. Russia was one of the countries to support the communists and provide them with weapons and etc.

    Work Cited
    China, 1900-49 packet

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  22. Naomie BOurdeau
    Ms.Noce
    China
    May,5 ,2014
    1. Explain why there was a revolution in China in 1911 and assess the consequences of that revolution.
    - There was a revolution in China because there were to many demands that were being made. The Chinese government had been making too many promises that he couldn't keep. For example he promised democracy or new radical ideas. All of this false hope the government gave caused more distance .Then the revolution began in Wuchang ,a lot of the provinces claimed there selves as independent of Beijing. There were many consequences of the revolution for example there many demands for china from Germany now that world war started.
    2. Explain why it took the Nationalists (Kuomintang) so long to establish their authority over China after the revolution of 1911.
    - It took the Nationalist so long to establish the authority over China because his ideas were very influential but he had small amount of control outside the Canton area. Also the nationalist were not a communist party so it was difficult to have control of China.
    3. Chiang Kai-shek was popular during the second half of the 1920's, but after he came to power, his Kuomintang government proved to be a disappointment to the majority of Chinese people. How far would you agree that this is a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek?
    -I would agree far that this was a fair assessment of the career of Chiang Kai-shek because majority of the communist were removed from KMT and many peasants were massacred. There were at least 250,000 murders that happened. Things were getting out of hand and Chiang was the leader of the military and political leader of china. If this was happening then this must have been a huge disappointment of the KMT government.
    4. The communist victory in 1949 was due as much to the shortcomings of the Kuomintang as it was to the leadership of Mao Zedong. How far would you agree with this assessment?
    - I agree far with this assessment because Mao was focused on winning support from the peasants verse the KMT who were focused on capturing industrial towns. Also the KMT had little to offer so that’s Mao and the communist gained so much support.
    5. Assess the view that popular support was the main reason why the communists were able to achieve power in China in 1949.
    -Popular support was the main reason why communist were able to achieve power in china because the more support they got the land policy they lacked, which meant they can get any particular areas they needed or wanted. While they got more support they took more advantage of the KMT and won power over China. It was almost as if Popularity took them to victory.

    Works Cited

    Packet Given in Class “ China 1900-49”

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