Revolution

**Essential Questions:**
**1. Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? ** The people themselves should decide what is best for them. People should have the right to revolt but the government should have majority of the power.

 2. What makes people comply or reject?
People either reject or comply due to how people or issues are being treated and what the government is doing. People also reject or comply due to issues that are either agreed or disagreed upon. Ideals and opinions. Some people comply because they are to scared to reject it.

 3. What makes a revolution successful?
What makes a revolution successful is if there was a message that was able to be sent across and there would be a change. Unified organization, good funding, and strong leadership. Have to have the support from the people.

 4. Who are the winners in a political revolution?
Depends on how the revolution turns out. Those who have support and shows change.

 5. What causes change in a society?
What causes change in society is the people and the government. Discrimination and equality. Change of Ideals. Different environment or economics. Technology. 9/11.

Revolution is when people or a group is trying to change how people live and usually ends in violent attempts. "A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system." -Petitions, fights, government, suffering population, leadership, going after the government, riots, protests, military combat against government and rebels, inequality, no voice,secretive organizations, boycotting,
 * Revolution: **
 * Define it in your own words:
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 * What are characteristics or acts you associate with Revolutions:

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5-7-14 Do Now: 1. Justice 2. Equality 3. Liberty
 * Justice** is important because it is needed so that people could be treated similar and that there are crimes being punished. Even though everyone is having the same rights, there needs to be justice in order to reinforce equality and liberty.

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What is the message of this political cartoon? The message is that despite the high, everyone would still be equal and even if people are at a disadvantage (short boy), they should not get special treatment. It would not be fair.

Copy and paste questions on History of China into your wiki: 1. From the late 1800s to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period) Corruption, peasant unrest, ineffective government, overpopulation, 2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911? The Qing Dynasty was overthrown and imperialism had ended. There was an attempt to spread western influence but very few benefited. In reality, very little had changed for China. The rich were the pones who benefited.The rebellion failed. 3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government Both had their own government established in China. At first they tried to form an alliance but it soon ended as they tried to go back and forth trying to gain power in China. Eventually, with 10% of it's people remaining, the communists won and it was considered the revolution of 1949. Mao then took control of China. Communists led by Mao and nationals led by Chiang. 4. Highlight the role of Mao in China Mao said he wanted to benefit China and create a new culture and get rid of the four year old of China but he only made it worse. He took basic rights away such as freedom of speech and being able to own your own land. He also made people work on communes and be peasant farmers. Many had died of starvation due to this as they worked long hard hours. Mao also had the Red Guard police go around to make sure everyone was following his orders and if people weren't acting like a "model communist" they might have been shot. He also had intellectuals put into jail camps or be executed. Mao did try to help the Chinese women by helping them get equal rights to men and doing things like ending foot binding that had been a Chinese tradition that he wanted to end. Created the Red Guard from the Liberation Army. Great leap forward in 1955. 1966, cultural revolution - eliminate the 4 old; customs, ideas, culture, and habits. Red guard destroyed Western books, churches and temples.

Mao had a major impact on China trying to create an equality among everyone in different social classes. Many people who opposed him or were smart, were forced to do hard labor or would be killed and abused. Many people died under Mao's reign due to poor feeding and the people who were killed by the Red Guard. Mao modernized China and tried to get rid of corruption. Mao was able to unify China closer than it was before. Most memorable thing is the amount of people that were killed under his jurisdiction because of his stubbornness.
 * What impact did Mao have on China**? (Video Notes)
 * China was owned by dynasties. The rulers of dynasties were called emperors. Concerned of foreigners, the country adopted a policy of isolationism.
 * Europeans forced China's government to trade and took control of parts of the country
 * During the 1500s, as demands for China's good grew, Europeans interest peaked for CHina
 * Power struggles between two rival groups; nationals and communists.
 * Chiang Kai-sheck, nationalist leader, favored by United States
 * October 1949, Chinese Civil war ended with the communists gaining control of China
 * Chiang and followers fled to Taiwan.
 * Mao's first priority as China's new leader was to erase any evidence of social inequality in his country.
 * With fewer peasants farming and new, risky agricultural techniques being used, food production fell.
 * The great leap forwards resulted in death of 30-45 millions deals of Chinese peasants.
 * Red Guard intended to Challenge China's elite
 * Opponents of Mao was abuse and killed
 * 50-75 millions people died during the reign of Mao Zedong
 * Mao died in 1976.

**Quotations from Mao Zedong on War and Revolution **  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// ** A revolution has to be violent in order to be successful.

 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// ** There needs to be allies in order to have the strongest side.

 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. **<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">— From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// ** War should be the last option to resort to.

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." **<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">— From //Problems of War and Strategy.// ** Communism needs to incorporate violence in order to be successful.

Mao Zedong would define revolution is that violence is a factor when there are disputes between both sides. Need to have a strong army. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">I agree with the first three because the only way to gain power is by exerting force. Most revolutions are violent.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">__**According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution**__?
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) **__

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**Attempting to Erase History**:
<span style="background-color: #bbbbbb; color: #6e0103; font-family: 'lucida grande','lucida unicode',lucida,'trebuchet ms',trebuchet,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Producer Antony Thomas showed the iconic 'Tank Man' photo to a group of undergraduates at Beijing University - in 1989 the university had been the nerve center of the student movement that inspired the nationwide uprising. None of the students knew what the photo was. Here, journalists and China specialists discuss the government's efforts to keep certain ideas and history from the Chinese people, including the picture and story of 'tank man.'

Read the excerpts written by journalists of how the government tried to disguise the events of 1989 [|Here]

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Here is a Brief Video on Modern China: [|Modern China] What do you see in the video? What is missing?
 * Land marks, a stadium, the cities, fountains, subway, Western influences (building, skyscrapers), dams, waterfalls, billboards, its clean,
 * The poverty or bad parts of China, no traditional buildings, don't see everyday person or people interacting, missing the voices of the people.

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