Nationalism and Revolution Around the World

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Nationalism and Revolution Around the World

• Section 4 Upheavals in China

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The Chinese Republic in Trouble

• After the death of the second president of China,
  local warlords seized power, and the influence of
  foreign powers increased.
• In 1919, the May Fourth Movement sought to
  strengthen China and end foreign domination by
  rejecting Confucianism and many traditional
  practices.
• Some Chinese also turned to Marxism.

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Struggle for a New China

• The Nationalist party of China, called the
  Guomindang, was first led by Sun Yixian and then
  by Jiang Jieshi.
• Jiang led the combined forces of the Guomindang
  and Chinese Communists in the Northern Expedition
  to defeat the warlords and unite China.
• When Jiang turned on the Communists, a civil war
  broke out in China.
• Communist leader Mao Zedong led an effort to gain
  the support of peasants by redistributing land.
• Maos forces were forced to make the Long March
  into northern China to avoid the Guomindang.

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Japanese Invasion

• Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931.
• Then, in 1937, they bombed Chinese cities and
  invaded eastern China.
• The Guomindang and Communists fought the Japanese
  together in this Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Looking Ahead

• By the end of World War II, China was split
  between the Jiangs Guomindang and Maos
  communist Party.
• As corruption grew in Jiangs government, the
  Communists gained support and would eventually
  take control.

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