Write a thesis paragraph for the prompt: Analyze the similarities and differences in how the communist revolutions changed Russia and China in the 20 th century.
Write a thesis paragraph for the prompt:
Analyze the similarities and differences in how the communist revolutions changed Russia and China in the 20th century.
Write a thesis paragraph for the prompt:
Analyze the similarities and differences in how communists rose to power in Russia and China in the 20th century.
Write a thesis paragraph for the prompt:
Analyze the changes and continuities in the economy of ONE of the following regions in the 20th
century.
China
Russia
Write a thesis paragraph for the prompt:
Analyze the changes and continuities in the social class system and gender roles of ONE of the following regions in the 20th
century.
China
Russia
World Communism Review
Fall of Communism
What caused the end of communism? (p 1051-1052)
Economic failures & moral failures
Work with your partner and write responses in your notebook about the end of Communism.
How did communism end in China while the Communist party stayed in control (p1052-1054)?
How did communist control end in the Soviet Union (p1054-1057)?
Similarities? Differences?
– Similarities – Stalin and Mao criticizedSome opennessMovements toward private ownership & industryCorruption problems
– USSRPerestroika & GlasnostCommunist party loses power as Independence movements in
Eastern Europe gain momentum
– CHINAParty holds the power while transforming the economyLimits freedom and democracy.
World Communism Review• China, USSR, both, or neither?
• This nation boasted economic gains, especially in industrialization and employment, while the rest of the developed world was in the Great Depression.
• USSR
• The communist leaders of this nation were Lenin and Stalin.
• USSR
• This nation’s communist leaders created a series of amusement parks – Commieworld and Commieland
• neither
World Communism• China, USSR, both, or neither?
• The communists in this country gained support because of their more successful guerilla fighting against the Japanese invaders during WWII.
• China• This nation’s communist leader was a dominating
basketball player.• neither• Communists in this nation gained control of the
country through civil war.• both• Communist leaders changed the theories of
Marxism to fit with their own situation.• both
World Communism• China, Russia, both, or neither?
• Communist leaders offered free puppies to all people who wore their red t-shirts to work on Fridays.
• neither
• Economic problems, political weakness, and social turmoil caused the ruling dynasty to fall in the early 20th century.
• both
• Communist leaders’ support and interest was mainly with the urban workers.
• Russia
World Communism• China, USSR, both, or neither?
• Communist leaders’ support and interest was mainly with the rural workers.
• China• The communist leader of this nation was really
named Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili .• USSR (Joseph Stalin’s real name)• Communist leaders used collectivization of
agriculture• both• The communist leader of this nation led a Cultural
Revolution to punish those who didn’t follow the leaders vision of communism
• China
World Communism
• China, Russia, both, or neither?• It was cold there.• both• This nations “5 year plans” led to rapid
industrialization.• Both? But Mao’s Great Leap Forward
hurt Chinese industrialization.• In the last decades, this nation has
turned to a more capitalist economy while remaining communist in government.
• China• This nation smells like Putin.• Russia