Mao Zedong’s March to Power

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 8:00 AM

The Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Leader: Chiang Kai-Shek
Party History and Beliefs:
China should become a
democracy (limited though)
Anti-communist: supported
capitalism
Supported by wealthy
Chinese
Leader: Mao Zedong
Party History and Beliefs:
China should be a
communist nation like
Russia
The government should
take over private property
and redistribute it to all
equally

Allied with the United States Supported by the peasants

after WWII and poor

Supported by the USSR

Chiang Kai-Shek, 1943 Mao Zedong’s Official Portrait

Who would you support if you were a wealthy landlord? Why?

Who would you support if you were a peasant? Why?

Long March Video

Why did Mao and the Communists take the Long March?

How did the Communists benefit from the Long March?

Mao's Use of Propaganda

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What do you think Mao's intention is with this picture? What feeling is he trying to get the viewer to feel?

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What are the similarities between these two pictures?

What do you think the artist's intention is with these pictures?

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What are the similarities between these two pictures?

What do you think the artist's intention is with these pictures?

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