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Mao_Cifuentes_Chatman (Consolidation and maintenance of power (The Hundred…
Mao_Cifuentes_Chatman
Consolidation and maintenance of power
The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1957)
Struggle Sessions induce fear
Mao or the party should not be criticized
Collectivization
First Five Year Plan (1953-62)
Rapid Industrialization
Economic Improvments
Anti-Rightist Movement (1957)
Discouragement of speaking out against Mao or the party
The Politburo
Help Mao in leadership decisions
Cult of Personality
More support towards Mao
Mao seen as a god
Marriage Reform (1950)
Appeals to a large demographic
Emergence of authoritarian states
Economic Factors
Impact of the War
Caused the relationship between Mao and Jiang to collapse (1944)
Mao had consolidated his leadership of the CPC. (1945)
Mao earned a great wave of support for his leadership and strengthened the position of the CPC.
Mao and the CPC defeated the Jiang and the GMD. This leads to Mao being under full control of China by 1949.
The perception that Western powers were attempting to exploit China for their own political and economic gain The Open Door Policy (1898).
Ruling Elite that exploited the peasants as a class.
Mao gaining support from the peasants by promising them land and an equal social class.
Weakness of political system/social division
The 'Warlord Era' (1916-27)
GMD didn't have a strong government army and began to leave rural parts of China under the control of landlords/warlords.
GMD was the central government with limited power or control over the state. (1929-49)
GMD focusing on getting rid of CPC instead of the Japanese. (1931)
By the second part of the civil war, we see the people of China supporting Mao more because his focus was more on defeating Japan instead of the GMD.
Persuasion and Coercion-
Long March (1934)
The role of the leaders : Mao became the head of the CCP- He was influenced by Marxism and Stalinism for the CCP- He idolized and prioritized the peasants.
Ideology: Maoism
Aims and results of policies
Domestic
First Five Year Plan (1953-57)
Build up of weapons
Industrialization
The Hundred Flowers Campaign (1957)
Aimed to let people share opinions about the party or state
Struggle Sessions and Punishments
The Great Leap Forward (1958-62)
Larger communes pushes people towards socialism
A larger peasant population will support Mao in the build up of his leadership
Private ownership abolished
Peasants attempt to industrialize
Agrarian Reform (1950)
Redistribution of all land in China
Marriage Reform (1950)
Both partners had to agree to marry
Filing for divorce is possible
Other Basic Rights
Women able to own property
Women could not be sold into prostitution
These rights were reverted after the Five Year Plan
Socialist Education Movement
Aimed to foster collectivism,patriotism and socialism
Foreign
Sino-American Relations (1953-61)
Relaxed Tensions with Japan
Mao embraces the U.S.
Mao befriends the U.S. in an attempt to undermine the USSR.
Sino-Soviet Relations (1953-61)
Mao believes that Khrushchev wants to isolate the PRC.
Relations slightly improved after Stalin's death