Communism in China: Part 2 Flashcards
1
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socialism
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- 1st step in building socialism - modernization and industrialization of their “backward societies”
- simultaneously wanted to eliminate inequalities of class and gender, prevent the growth of new inequalities as they modernized, and promote values of selflessness and collectivism
- in order to do this, government had to be completely dominated by the communist party
2
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collectivism
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- giving a group priority over the individual
3
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government
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- became totalitarian in China and Soviet Union
- other political parties forbidden
- government controlled almost the entire economy
- government ensured that the arts, education and media conformed to approved ways of thinking
- organizations for women, workers, students and professional groups operated under party control
4
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as a result of laws and decrees passed by the Soviet Union
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- women were granted full legal and political equality
- divorce was legalized and made easier
- abortions were legalized and made easier
- marriage became a civil procedure among freely consenting adults
- illegitimacy was abolished
- women no longer had to take their husband’s last names
- pregnancy leave for employed woman was mandated
- women were actively mobilized as industrial workers
5
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the marriage law of 1950 in China implemented:
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- free choice in marriage
- relatively easy divorce
- the end of concubines and child marriages
- permission for widows to remarry
- equal property rights for men and women
- Chinese women also became more involved in industrial production
6
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note
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- women were still expected to take care of children and household
- women appeared very rarely at the top of social hierarchy
- communist feminism did not continue
- within a decade is started to fade out
7
Q
in communist china, the government controlled _____________
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- almost all of the economy
8
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as china modernized they wanted to eliminate _______________
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- inequalities of class
- inequalities of gender
- new inequalities
9
Q
in communist china the marriage law of 1950 _________________
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- implemented free choice in marriage
- allowed easier divorce
- ended child marriages
10
Q
in communist Russia, women were _________
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- given full legal and political equality
11
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the first step of building socialism in China was to ______
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- modernize and industrialize society
12
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as china modernized they wanted to simultaneously ___________
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- eliminate inequalities of class and gender
