Part 6 The Most Recent Century 1900-2010 Chapter 21 The Collapse and Recovery of Europe 1900-1970s Chapter Learning Objectives • To examine the history of Europe between 1910 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts • To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan • To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars • To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century
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defined by Marx? This investigation will be comparing classical Marxist doctrine with Mao Zedong thought and the Chinese revolution‚ to see the extent that the revolution adhered to Marxist doctrine. Classical Marxism will be defined by the works of Karl Marx and Fedrich Engels and Mao Zedong thought will be defined by the works of Mao Zedong. The primary sources used for this essay are Selected Work of Mao Zedong and Marx and Engels: Selected Works. To investigate the Marxist nature of the Chinese
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Red Scarf Girl‚ by Ji-Li Jiang‚ it retells the personal story of the author when she was a young child during the Cultural Revolution. If you don’t know what the Cultural Revolution was‚ it was an upheaval that overtook China from 1966 to 1976. Mao Zedong‚ the chairman
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Question: Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution? For instance‚ do you think the occurrence of the CR had any connections with the CCP ’s organizing principle and guiding ideologies‚ such as democratic dictatorship and the democratic-centralism‚ or was caused more by other reasons? Also‚ although many things people did during the Cultural Revolution look so absurd‚ irrational‚ and even cruel today‚ millions of Chinese‚ especially the Chinese youth seemed to be obsessed with the movement during
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social-political movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966. Set into motion by Mao Zedong‚ then Chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalist‚ traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society‚ and to impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The Revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position of power after the failed Great Leap Forward. The movement paralyzed China politically and
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many times. He was captured by the Nationalists and forced to join a labor gang. During World War II‚ like most Communist Chinese‚ Hu laid low in Yenan‚ where Communist leader Mao Zedong hoped that their Nationalist enemies would
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1. Emergency of Modern Chinese Schooling: The End of Qing Dynasty The First Opium War (a.k.a The First Anglo-Sino) in 1840 marks the birth of modern China. The war had successfully forced the Qing court to open up the country to western societies with series of unequal treaties and transform the feudal society into a colonized and capitalized one. The traditional Chinese education system which had been founded upon Confucian Classic was brought under challenge of modern schools introduced by Western
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McCarthyism and the crack-down on the communists in the 1950’s During the Cold War‚ many people were victimized by the accusations put forth by Joseph McCarthy. The Cold War was a political‚ military‚ and diplomatic struggle that defined the second half of the twentieth century. Beginning almost immediately after the end of World War II‚ the Cold War did not come to an end until the downfall of the Soviet Union in 1991. While the United States and the Soviet Union were the primary nations involved
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imperialist government throughout Asia after the battle of Japan and China in World War 1. After the United States military and cultures begin to back out of Asia‚ China shadowed Japans heritages‚ cultures‚ and economy as China became a dictatorship under Chiang
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Il-kwon * Paik Sun-yup * Shin Sung-mo * Son Won-il * Dwight Eisenhower * Matthew Ridgway (Commander of the UNC) * Mark Wayne Clark (Commander of the UNC) | * Kim Il-sung * Pak Hon-yong * Choi Yong-kun * Kim Chaek * Mao Zedong * Peng Dehuai * Deng Hua * Joseph Stalin | Strength | * 602‚902[3] * 326‚863[4] * 14‚198[5][6]And others[show]Total: 972‚214 | * 1‚350‚000[10] * 266‚600[11] * 26‚000[12]Total: 1‚642‚600 Note: The figures vary by
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