Mao Dezong

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Mao's party that fought for a command economy in China

Kuomintang (KMT)

The nationalist party of China led by Sun Yat-sen, against the CCP

Autumn Harvest Uprising

Battles between Red Army and the KMT

Red Army

Mao's army of CCP members

Chiang Kai-shek

Sun's successor to the KMT -> fought and hated the CCP

Guerrilla warfare

Irregular ways of fighting in a war, using smaller groups that hide and attack sneakily

Rectification campaign

The campaign Mao used to get rid of CCP members that did not agree with his beliefs

People's Republic of China (PRC)

Mao's communist China

Zhou Enlai

The prime minister under Mao

Zhu De

Mao's general that brought him to power

Cult of Personality

When a leader is perceived as God-like -> could not be wrong

Agrarian Reform Act

1950, got rid of the landlord class using land reforms

Marriage Law

1950, got rid of obedience to family -> state became main concern

Counter-revolutionary Suppression Campaign

1951, spying on relatives to turn in people with dissent

Five Anti-Movement

1951-1952, got rid of businessmen to create a more equal population

Thought Reform

1951, got rid of independent thinking using indoctrination

Control of the Arts

1949, limiting what the expression of art could be -> could only support communism

Mass Organizations

Groups Mao used to find how different social classes thought about him