Chinese revolution timeline

  • 1911 Chinese Revolution

    The Qing Dynasty was destroyed in the rath of the Chinese Revolution
  • 1912 importance

    Sun Yat Sen became president of a Provisonal Republic
  • The Guomindang, led by Chiang Kai Shek, had competition in trying to reform China; with whom were they competing

    the big landlords
  • . 1921: Mao does what

    a teacher
  • who died in 1925

    sun yat sen
  • . What happened in 1927 that ruined the alliance between the Guomindang and Communists

    Guamindang leader Chaing Kai Shek got mad at the communist
  • 1935: What did Mao do

    : He became founder of the CCP
  • 1937: The Japanese destroyed what Chinese city? How did the Nationalists react

    Nanking, some would dress as civilians to avoid death
  • Describe the “rectification program” that began in 1942

    Students and intellectuals were sent to the countryside to see what real china was like to re-educate them
  • 1945: What was written into the party’s constitution

    his thoughts
  • What important event takes place in 1949

    Declared the people republic of china
  • Between Oct. 1950-August 1951, how many people were accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries and executed

    28332
  • 1953-57 China’s first 5 year plan: list 3 results

    : industry increasing 121%, Chinese population grew to 646 million people, no consumer goods
  • 1958-60 Great Leap Forward: what was the main result

    20 million people died
  • . 1960-69 Cultural Revolution: list 3 results

    students marched, teachers lost jobs, parents lost jobs
  • 1976: what is the major event

    Mao Tse-tung died