Chinese Civil War Dates

Question 1

When was the May Fourth Movement

Answer 1

May 4, 1919

Question 2

When was the First United Front?

Answer 2

1922

Question 3

What was the First United Front?

Answer 3

• GMD and CCP unified to become free of warlords and foreign imperialist powers
• did not share same ideology
• funded by Soviets

Question 4

When was the Northern Expedition?

Answer 4

1926-1928

Question 5

What was the Northern Expedition?

Answer 5

• the GMD and CCP movement to crus warlords in central and northern China
• their success led GMD to declare that they were the government

Question 6

When was the White Terror?

Answer 6

1927

Question 7

What was the White Terror?

Answer 7

• Jiang, the leader of the GMD, led a movement to crush communists because he needed a unified China
• killed 5000 communists in workers army
• 250,000 communists killed—> CCP fled to Jiangsi

Question 8

Where did the Communists flee to during the white terror?

Answer 8

Jiangsi

Question 9

When was the fall of the Manchu dynasty?

Answer 9

October 1911

Question 10

What did the fall of the Manchu dynasty lead to?

Answer 10

the nationalist government establishes a Chinese republic

Question 11

Give a fact about the ratio of population to farming between 1850-1900

Answer 11

While the Chinese population grew 8%, land cultivated only increased by 1%
- made famines more frequent

Question 12

Give one example of China’s political weakness during the Manchu rule.

Answer 12

• Chinese empire carved into spheres of influence by Britain, America, Japan
• had control over trade, territory, sovereignty
• —-> government humiliated, as they were being exploited

Question 13

How many million people were agricultural workers?

Answer 13

205 million

Question 14

When was the long march?

Answer 14

October 1934

Question 15

Where did the Long March start and end?

Answer 15

Communists fled from Jiangxi when Nationalists invaded and traveled to Shaanxi

Question 16

How many km did the Communists trek in the Long March?

Answer 16

9,600 km

Question 17

Through what technique did Jiang of the GMD try to exterminate the CCP?

Answer 17

the “Five Encirclement Campaigns”

Question 18

Who was the last ruler of the Manchu dynasty>

Answer 18

• after death of emperor, Pu Yi (2 y/o) ruled

- Prince Chun ruled as his regent

Question 19

What were Prince Chun’s problems?

Answer 19

• couldn’t implement reform
• increased taxation
• frustrated business class—>no socio-economic progress made

Question 20

Who was Jian Jieshi kidnapped by and where?

Answer 20

• kidnapped in Xi’an

- by warlord Zhang

Question 21

When was the Second United Front formed?

Answer 21

April 1937 between the CCP and the GMD to fight against the Japanese

Question 22

How did the Second United Front affect the CCP?

Answer 22

• they would no longer be dismissed as “bandits”