A Level History: Mao's China

CCP came into power

1949

PRC introduced

1949

Korean War

1950-1953

Marriage reform

1950

3 anti's movement

1951

5 anti's movement

1952

1st Five Year Plan

1953-57

start of collectivisation

1954

peasant ownership

1957

Tiananmen Square built

1957

Great Leap Forward

1958

Great Famine

1958-1962

Lushan Conference

1959

power struggle

1962 - 1966

cultural revolution

1966 - 1976

August rally

1966

Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages campaign

1967 - 1972

Fall of Lin Biao

1971

Deng Xiaoping back in party

1975

Mao's death

1976

communism

the idea that everyone within society is equal, everything is owned by the state and the state provides for everyone

PRC

People's Republic of China

hyperinflation

when there is too much money, things lose value

CCP

Chinese Communist Party

Bureaucracy

the attitudes of government officials and the bourgeiouse

Rectification Campaign

the red guard were sent to the countryside to learn to live like peasants

PLA

People's Liberation Army

Struggle sessions

humiliation attempt that people were forced into

Yuan

chinese currency

collectivisation

Peasants were forced to work on collective farms

walking on two legs policy

urbanisation and industrialisation at the same time

utopian society

perfect society

Lysenkoism

8 point programme on how to change farming

politburo

government

Tiananmen Square

main square in China - mass rallies of 1966 occured here and where Mao's body is

gang of four

group of four including Mao's wife who brought about lots of changes in the Cultural Revolution

Wall poster campaign

using universities to attack four olds

the little red book

book that had all Mao's rules in - given to red guard

Great Leap Forward (1958)

2nd five year plan that led to the Great Famine

CPPCC

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

De-stalinisation

moving away from Stalin's views and ideas

Christian Missionaries

people who went around spreading Christianity

Confucius

old chinese society which was based on the idea that you could change your social status no matter what position you were in

bride price

the amount a man paid to the family of the bride

patriarchal society

Male dominated society

concubinage

sex slaves to emperor

Proletarian

member of the working class

Polygamy

having multiple wives

the marriage law

ensured better gender equality

the four olds

old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits

Mass Rallies

Mao's public speeches

Cultural Revolution

attack on culture in China

Mao Zedong

leader of chinese communist party
died in 1976

Liu Shaoqi

politician
Implemented economic policies
opposed Mao
died in 1969
dismissed from party

Zhou Enlai

helped developed chinese economy
vocal about his opposition of Mao
reverted farming back to private

Chen Yun

PRC leader during 1980's - 1990's
post abolished by Deng Xiaoping

Zhu De

general and politician
his post was abolished

Peng Dehuai

reverts back to private farming
openly opposed Mao
rumoured to have told Khrushchev about famine
banished and brought back
died in 1974

Li Fuchun

politician
planned strategic retreat after blaming leaders for making mistakes when carrying out Mao's orders
died January 1975

Lin Biao

politician
member of CCP
played big part in Cultural Revolution
critical of Mao
died in plane crash in 1972 with son - conspiracy?

Jiang Qing

Mao's wife
lots of control over arts
former actress
censored everything
part of gang of four
sentenced to death
died in 1991

Mao's main ideas

Continuing Revolution
listening to the people
nationalism
mass mobilisation

Laogai System

system that got rid of anyone who opposed mao

MATS

mutual aid teams

APCs

Agricultural producers' Co-Operatives

8 points of lysenkoism

pest control
deep ploughing
new breeds and seeds
development of new tools
increased irrigation
close planting
increased fertilisation
improved field management

causes of great famine

acceptance of lysenkoism
walking on two legs policy
not enough man power
lack of expertise - due to anti - rightist campaign
severe weather

consequences of great famine

30 million deaths
inaccurate figures
turning to prostitution for food
accounts of cannibalism
state requisitioned grain despite starvation

reasons for launching cultural revolution

to improve Mao's reputation
to consolidate power
restore peasant character

things destroyed during cultural revolution

names of streets
peoples names
houses attacked
bourgeoisie possessions destroyed
no public worship allowed
cultural and historic places destroyed

Why did the Cultural Revolution end

up to the mountains and down to the villages campaign
PLA
gang of four
death of Mao
return of Deng and Zhou

traditional medicine methods before 1949

acupuncture
herbalism
cupping
quigang

Second Sino-Japanese War

1937-1945

Trueman Doctrine

Policy to help other countries resist communism

agrarian reform law

1950

Mutual aid teams set up

1952

January Storm

1967

foot binding outlawed

1902

marriage law

1950

Democratic centralism

party holds central control, with the illusion of democracy through the people's councils

Common Programme of China

temporary constitution which formed the legal based for the new republic in 1949-1954

CPPCC(Common Programme) set up

September 1949

Reunification campaigns

1949-1950

Campaign to suppress counter-revolutionaries

March 1950

PLA begins reunification campaigns

October 1950

Hundred Flowers Campaign

May 1956