Causes of the First Period of the Chinese Civil War

  • Starvation

    Starvation

    The imbalance between China's population growth and land cultivated growth.
  • Political weakness

    Political weakness

    European imperialist powers caused the destabilization of China's Manchu regime.
  • Politics

    Politics

    Inflation and corruption weakened the financial position of the Manchus.
  • Republic was created

    Republic was created

    The ruling dynasty was overthrown in a revolution know as the Double Tenth.
  • Sun Yixian

    Sun Yixian

    Becomes president
  • Yuan Shikai

    Yuan Shikai

    Dictatorship
  • The May Fourth Movement

    The May Fourth Movement

  • Lack of unity in the country

    Lack of unity in the country

  • Warlords

    Warlords

  • Chinese Communist Party

    Chinese Communist Party

  • The First United Front

    The First United Front

  • The Northern Expedition

    The Northern Expedition

  • White Terror

    White Terror