China becomes communist - 1949

during 1927 - 1949 what was china doing.

china was locked in a brutal civil war between two parties

when i say china was between two forces i mean specifically

chinese communist party vs the Kuomintang led by the US

speeding up to ww2 what did china do to prevent a invasion

they paused fighting to prevent the japanese from invading

after japan surrenderred what did china do regarding the civil war

they continued fighting

during chinas civil war who led the chinease communist party

mao zedong

during the chinese civil war who led the nationalist party

it was led by Chiang Kai-shek

in the civil war who won?

the communist

why did the communist win?

support for peasants, weak nationalist government, soviet aid to Mao, and the us mis judged a situation.

why was there widespread support for peasents?

Mao promised land and reform for the poor majority

what did the soviet give in aid?

They gave weapons and resources to mao

how did the us misjudge a situation

They gave billions to Chiang Kai - shek but he was already unpopular and losing support.

What did the nationalist do after there defeat

They fled to the island of taiwan

when the nationalist fled to taiwan, they set up what?

they set up the republic of china

The us recognizes taiwan as the ?

The real china. they dont like the communist mainland

why was china becoming communist such a big deal. what does their population have to do with it?

Before 1949, russian was the only communist super power . china with ¼ of the worlds population joined

what did the us fear about the other countries next to china

They feared the domino theory. They felt like the countries around it would fall to communism

what countries are next to asia that they was worried about

vietnam, korea, laos, cambodia

who got blamed for the loss of china

Truman and the us diplomats.

the us panic at home because of china falling fueled what

McCarthyism and anticommunist fear in the us

What happens after china fall to communist. what happened litterally months after

Later conflict for example was the korean war. bunch of battles happened after china became commuinist.

when did the us recognize china

1979

what is McCarthyism

fear that the communist had infiltrated the us gov

what is the red scare like in america when china fell

Americans were shocked that china had lost to communism. They were scared what would happen

what was the shift in glabol power after china fell

the US no longer faced the soviets. they got to deal with china too.

china became the second what? regarading power?

they became the second world power