Revolution

**Essential Questions:**
== **1. **Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? == A group of leaders that are fit to lead, should decide what is best for "the people".

 2. What makes people comply or reject?
People comply to necessary changes in their society, and people reject when the idea targets their individual personalities/ rights.

 3. What makes a revolution successful?
A successful revolution is having people agree to your ideas of change. ==  4. Who are the winners in a political revolution. == The winner is always the ones that is able to make a political revolution, as it is their goal after all.

 5. What causes change in a society?
In this case, the causes to change in society is new ideas.


 * Revolution: **

A change establishes in a society, that impacts the society of the country greatly. The overthrow of an old government
 * ** Define it in your own words: **
 * ** Look up a definition of the term: **


 * ** What are characteristics or acts you associate with Revolutions **



__Rankings__
 * 1) Liberty because freedom is what we're all seek in this country other than equality.
 * 2) Equality
 * 3) Justice



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What is the message of this political cartoon?

The message of this political cartoon is to show that even though equality can exist, justice may not equally exist along side with equality. As clearly shown in the equality part of the picture, equality is shown, but justice isn't. As shown in the picture, the number of boxes distributed amongst the 3 people is the same, but in end only 2 people get to see the baseball game, while the other one gets a view of a fence. On the other part justice is shown, but equality isn't. As the number of boxes distributed amongst the 3 people weren't the same, in the end everyone got to see the baseball game.

1. From the late 1800s to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period)
 * __ History of China questions __**
 * The government was corrupt.
 * There were more poor than there were riches.
 * There was a shortage of food.
 * There were constant peasant unrest.
 * Ineffective government
 * Increase of population
 * embarrassment caused by opium war
 * tremendous amount of famine, leading to high amount of death

2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911?
 * In 1911, The Qing dynasty was overthrown by a peasants revolt led by Sun Yat-Sen
 * Very little change happened to China, when the Qing dynasty fell.
 * There was an attempt to westernize china
 * Some cities were able to get wealthy, but there were still many cities were the poor lived.

3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government The role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese government was to eliminate any foreign influences in china, as well as power regional landlords.
 * Nationalist party was lead by Chiang Kai-Shek and the Communist party was led by Mao Zedong.

4. Highlight the role of Mao in China
 * Mao's first attempt to fix China's problem was to implement a communist government into China. Where there wouldn't be any social class difference, which allowed Mao to turn everyone to farmers. By turning the people to farmers, the people would be able to provide themselves food. Ultimately failing miserably as the people failed to grow enough food, due to the lack of management and the reliability of the tools.
 * Mao's second attempt was China's cultural revolution, where he destroyed anything that related to China's past. Mao is basically trying to restore China to a clean slate, where the China's past is non- existent. Mao then replaced the destroyed historical past, with communism. He had communist propaganda posted everywhere, he punished for those who opposed communism, and he also forced school to teach his ideas of communism. In his cultural revolution, he also allowed women to have rights ( more rights than before).
 * Mao controlled northern china.
 * Mao eliminated the four old, custom, culture, habits, and ideas.
 * Mao formed the Liberation army.
 * Mao nationalist all businesses.
 * Mao sought to destroy western influences


 * __ China under Mao video notes __**
 * 1911 Chinese rebels forced out China's last emperor.
 * 1949 the civil war ended with the communist, and the communists gained control of China
 * Mao Zedong founded the communist party
 * Mao priority was to erase evidence of social inequality in his country
 * Mao wanted people to share their wealth.
 * As a result of Mao's idea, it lead to 3-6 million deaths
 * Food production fell as the number of peasant farmers dropped.
 * 50-75 million died during the reign of Mao Zedong
 * Mao's ruling of China lasted for 33 years.
 * Mao created the red guard to challenge the elite of China.

Mao's impact on China was great. As after the imperial rule fell, Mao fought with the Nation list party in order to gain full control of China which he was successful. When Mao Zedong became the new leader of China, his first action was to implement a communist government in China. Mao wanted to erase social inequality and wanted people to share their wealth with one another. Mao also unintentionally killed 3-6 million people, as his "Great Leap Forward" costed many people's lives. By the end of Mao Zedong's reign, he killed a total of 50-75 million people. Mao died in 1976, he ruled China for 33 years.

__Mao's Quotes__ A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.


 * — From //Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan// **

This quote means that a revolution can't happen with kindness or gentleness, in order for a revolution to happen the act of violence is needed in order to overthrow a class/classes.

When a revolution is done, it can't be undone

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.


 * — From //Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work// **

This quote means that, the outcome of a revolutionary war is based on the people. You need people to support your idea

War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes.


 * — From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// **

This quote means that the cost of all conflict in a country is because of the existence of private property and social classes, in a way Mao blames Capitalism for a country's problem. The cause of conflict in a nation is caused by the inequality in a nation.

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."


 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Problems of War and Strategy'// **

What Mao is saying that in order for Political power to grow in a nation, weapons is needed to make that happen.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">__**According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution**__?

Mao might define revolution as the act of violence initiated by a class, and use that violence to overthrow the other class out of power.

The gather of lower class people to overthrow a higher class people, in order to achieve social equality.


 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) **__

To a certain extent I agree with Mao's quote as some of them I do not believe. I agree with Mao that a in order for a revolution to happen, violence is need to make that happen. I also agree with Mao that in order for a revolutionary war to happen, you need people's support, or the war for your cause will fail. I disagree with Mao's idea of a country's problem is cause by social inequality because, a country's problem is not necessarily caused by social inequality, it be other country's influences.

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__Comments on How China tries to Erase History__ __Modern China Video__ What do you see in the video? What is missing?
 * pictures of tall towers
 * very nice infrastructure
 * The coliseum where the Olympic event was held
 * fountains
 * very modernize cities
 * rail road
 * cities are very flourished
 * a lot of tall towers
 * the Chinese flag
 * Picture of Tienanmen square
 * The people

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