Key Aims of the United Front

What were the United Front’s three key aims?

• Destroy the warlords

• Expel foreigners from China

• Improve the lives of ordinary Chinese people

What problems might be caused by trying to destroy the warlords?

• Warlords have immense individual power - hard to overcome

• Lives may be lost during the process, and anger at this could cause further opposition

• There are many warlords to get rid of

What problems might be caused by trying to expel foreigners from China?

• Might lose trade links or possible allies

• Could cause hostility between China and other countries

What problems might be cause by trying to improve the lives of ordinary Chinese people?

• People might disagree as to what ‘improving their lives’ consists of

• Expensive and long process

• Making some people’s lives better will consequentially make others’ worse

Explain two reasons why the United Front split

• There is still a divide within the alliance

• No common aim once they have driven out the warlords