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he feared the communist goal of creating a socialist economy, promised democracy and political rights to all Chinese, but led a corrupt and non democratic government as the leader of the nationalist party and later the president of the nationalist republic of china

chiang kai-shek

this was the name for the nationalist party, it pushed for modernization and nationalization, one of its leaders was Sun yat sen

kuomintang

this was fought between the nationalist party and the Chinese communist party

chinese civil war

he helped china’s nationalist government in 1923 by sending military advisers and equipment to the nationalists in return for allowing the Chinese communists to join the kuomintang

lenin

he became the president of the new Republic of china in 1912 after having led the overthrow of the last emporer

sun yat-sen

he was one of china’s greatest revolutionary leaders he was one of the founders of the Chinese communist party

mao zedong

nationalism peoples rights and peoples livelihood were known as this

principles

the last dynasty that ruled china

the Qing dynasty

he betrayed suns democratic deals, sun gave him power because he was a general with military support but instead this man tried to create his own dynasty

yuan shikai

when Yuan shikai died authority in china fell to his group of people who typically ruled through military forces

warlords

this event, in which the nationalist party turned on the CCP, was the spark for the Chinese civil war; it also made the Soviet Union not recognize the new government headed by Chiang Kai- shek

shanghai coup/massacre

this was the fight to defeat the warlords; it’s the name given to the plan of cooperation between the CCP and the Nationalist party

the northern expedition

this was the 6000 mile journey that the CCP took to avoid being defeated by the nationalist party, approximately 10,000 of the original 100,000 survived

the long march

this country invaded china in 1931 and 1937

japan

this event showed the chinese peoples commitment to the goal of establishing a strong, modern nation, they were upset over the terms of the treaty of versailles

the may 4th movement